Back in 2006, I wrote the following about Lightnin' Hopkins;
If you want to learn how to play blues guitar, a good place to start would be to buy ever piece of Lightnin Hopkins' music that you can find and to study it nonstop. Lightnin's nimble dexterity, his ability to create some of the coolest boggie riffs, his often funny improvised lyrics that fit into whatever situation the bluesman found himself in, all combine to make him one of my favorite blues performers.
Or if like me you just like listening to someone who knows how to play a guitar, then you might want to check this out;
It was true then and it is true now.
Check the man out in his own words.
Lightnin' Hopkins talks about the blues
Lightnin' Hopkins sings Green Onions
Lightnin' Hopkins Mojo Hand 1962
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2 comments:
I love his guitar playing. Just right.
Yes, he was a very cool and skillful guitar player. When I first started listening to his music, I could not believe how he just created songs off the fly they way he did.
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