But then a co-worker at a record store played some Hopkins for him. "Listening to that record was my path back to roots music: blues, country and rock," Timmins says. "Lightnin's playing seemed to ...

the anthology certainly leans heavily on the Houston-based blues great Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins. "Battleground Korea" opens with his "War News Blues" and including two more of his songs ...

Texas blues singer/guitarist Sam "Lightnin'' Hopkins could lay claim to the authentic blues, having worked in the cotton fields for years. He turned electric in the 1950s, and toggled between acoustic ...

After a film on jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie, Blank arrived at the blues, and Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins, then a 55 year-old roué biding his time in rural Texas. Although initially keen on ...

Listen, if you will, to the first 30 seconds of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ “Moanin’ Blues.” Listen to what happens when the weight of the world and love and loss is too much – if that all ...

The accolade is long overdue for the iconoclastic blues legend. Self-described in some of his songs as "poor ol' Lightnin'," Hopkins for years failed to attract the same national attention as ...

especially when you’re a blues artist. Born March 15, 1912, in Centerville, Texas, Samuel John “Lightnin’” Hopkins became one of the most significant blues players of the early and mid ...

He came from a musical family: His brothers both played, and his older cousin Alger "Texas" Alexander, one of the major figures in early Texas blues ... the the DVD Lightnin' Hopkins: Rare ...