LIGHTNIN HOPKINS | Maestro Bluesman

LIGHTNIN HOPKINS (Bluesman)

Hoy subo un video del maestro Bluesman Sam LIGHTNIN HOPKINS (Houston, Tejas EEUU 1912 - 1982) y de su canción "Glory Be". Un auténtico poeta del sentimiento emocional del Blues y dominador de la técnica de la guitarra, Hopkins está entre los mejores Top 100 guitarristas de todos los tiempos. Para los más "jóvenes", el famoso tema "Back to New Orleans (Baby Please Don't Go)" es suyo, versionando por tantos otros músicos y bandas.

Un artista importante en la historia de la música, el Blues y imprescindible para entender "las entrañas" de nuestra música contemporánea. Aparte, muchos le consideran el músico más "cool" de todos los tiempos, ya que siempre iba vestido de primera y sus gafas de sol negras era su "trademark".

Super Recomendado!



Compilaciones 

Early Recordings (Arhoolie, 1946-50 [1969]) - collection of Gold Star recordings
Early Recordings Vol. 2 (Arhoolie, 1946-50 [1971]) - collection of Gold Star releases
Lightnin' Hopkins Strums the Blues (Score, 1946-48 [1958]) - collection of Aladdin releases
Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues (Crown, 1947-1951 [1961]) - collection of RPM releases
Last of the Great Blues Singers (Time, 1950-51 [1960]) - collection of Sittin' in With releases
Lightnin' and the Blues (Herald, 1954 [1960]) - collection of Herald releases

Discografía de álbumes originales
The Rooster Crowed in England (77, 1959 [1960])
Lightnin' Hopkins (Folkways, 1959) - reissued as The Roots of Lightnin' Hopkins
Country Blues (Tradition, 1959)
Autobiography in Blues (Tradition, 1960)
Down South Summit Meetin' (World Pacific, 1960) with Brownie McGhee, Big Joe Williams and Sonny Terry - reissued as Summit Meetin'
Last Night Blues (Bluesville, 1960) with Sonny Terry
Lightnin' (Bluesville, 1960)
Lightnin' in New York (Candid, 1960)
Mojo Hand (Fire, 1960 [1962])
Blues in My Bottle (Bluesville, 1961)
Blues Hoot (Horizon, 1961 [1963]) with Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry - reissued as Coffee House Blues
Lightnin' Sam Hopkins (Arhoolie, 1962)
Walkin' This Road by Myself (Bluesville, 1962)
Lightnin' and Co. (Bluesville, 1962)
Smokes Like Lightning (Bluesville, 1962 [1963])
Lightnin' Strikes (Vee-Jay, 1962)
Hootin' the Blues (Prestige Folklore, 1962 [1965])
Goin' Away (Bluesville, 1963)
The Swarthmore Concert (Prestige, 1964 [1993])
Down Home Blues (Bluesville, 1964)
Soul Blues (Prestige, 1964 [1965])
Lightnin Hopkins with His Brothers Joel and John Henry / with Barbara Dane (Arhoolie, 1964 [1966])
My Life in the Blues (Prestige, 1964 [1965])
Live at the Bird Lounge (Guest Star, 1964)
The King of the Blues (Pickwick, 1965) - reissued as Let's Work Awhile
Blue Lightnin' (Jewel, 1965 [1967])
Live at Newport (Vanguard, 1965 [2002])
Lightnin' Strikes (Verve Folkways, 1965 [1966]) - reissued as Nothin' But the Blues
Something Blue (Verve Forecast, 1965 [1967])
That's My Story (Polydor, 1965 [1970])
Blues Festival Song & Dance (Arhoolie, 1967) shared disc with Mance Lipscomb and Clifton Chenier
Texas Blues Man (Arhoolie, 1967)
Free Form Patterns (International Artists, 1968)
Talkin' Some Sense (Jewel, 1968)
Lightnin' Hopkins Strikes Again (Home Cooking, 1968 [1975])
The Great Electric Show and Dance (Jewel, 1969)
California Mudslide (and Earthquake) (Vault Records, 1969)
Lightnin'! (Poppy, 1969) - re-released on Arhoolie in 1993
In the Key of Lightnin' (Tomato, 1969 [2002])
Lightnin Hopkins in Berkeley (Arhoolie, 1969 [1970])
Po' Lightnin' (Arhoolie, 1961/69 [1983])
The Legacy of the Blues Vol. 12 (Sonet, 1974 [1977])
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 1976 (Island, 1977) shared disc with various artists
The Rising Sun Collection Vol. 9 (Just a Memory, 1977 [1996])
Mighty Crazy (Catfish, 1980 [2002]) shared disc with Big Mama Thornton
The Rising Sun Collection (Just a Memory, 1980 [1996]) shared disc with Louisiana Red, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Forever (Paris Album, 1981 [1983])