A few Lightnin’ Hopkins selections

If Blind Lemon Jefferson is the king of Texas blues, Lightnin’ Hopkins is the not too distant heir to the throne. In fact, Jefferson took a young Hopkins under his wing shortly after they met at a church picnic. Without Hopkins, we would’ve never had a Jimi Hendrix or a Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Here are a few tracks to get you started:

And for good measure, here’s a video of Hopkins performing his most popular song “Mojo Hand”:

Tumblr dashboard users: Click-through for video. It’d be nice if Tumblr showed an icon on the dashboard when a video is posted within a text post (the way it shows for a picture).

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  1. randyhaddock posted this