Lightnin’ Hopkins Lightnin’ HQ LP Analogue Productions (Stereo)

Born in Centerville, Texas in 1912, Sam Hopkins, better known as Lightnin' Hopkins, was immersed as a child in the sounds of the blues and he developed a deeper appreciation at the age of 8 when he met Blind Lemon Jefferson at a church picnic. That meeting had a profound effect on the youngster who went on to learn from his older cousin, country blues singer Alger "Texas" Alexander.

Rolling Stone magazine included Hopkins at number 71 on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time: "Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins learned the blues from Blind Lemon Jefferson in the Twenties. He was a ferocious electric stylist in the Fifties, though he's perhaps best known for his nimble acoustic fingerpicking during the Sixties folk-blues revival. As unpredictable as John Lee Hooker, he seemed to be making it up as he went along, and often was." (71/100 Greatest Guitarists: David Fricke's Picks)

Features

• 180g Vinyl
• Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray
• Plated by Gary Salstrom & Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Tip-On Jacket on Thick Cardboard Stock

Musicians

Selections

Side A:

1. Automobile Blues
2. ou Better Watch Yourself
3. Mean Old Frisco
4. Shinin' Moon
5. Come Back Baby

Side B:

1. Thinkin' 'Bout an Old Friend
2. The Walkin' Blues
3. Back to New Orleans
4. Katie Mae
5. Down There Baby