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Lightnin' Hopkins

Born: 
03/15/1912
City: 
Centreville
Region: 
Texas
Country: 
USA
Died: 
01/30/1982
Cause of Death: 
Esophageal Cancer
Years Active: 
1930's-1982
Genre: 
Country Blues
Texas Blues
Instruments: 
Drums
Guitar
Keyboards
Vocals
Notable Equipment: 
Gibson J-45
Gibson J-50
Kay K-24 Jumbo
Associated Artists: 
Alger "Texas" Alexander
Billy Bizor
Sticks Evans
Taj Mahal
Buster Pickens
Slim Harpo
Frankie Lee Sims
Sonny Terry
Image Credit: 
By 33stradale - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16209364

Discography

I Feel So Bad / Rocky Mountain Blues
Released: 1947
Can’t Do Like You Used To / West Coast Blues
Released: 1948
Lightnin' Hopkins Strums the Blues
Released: 1958
Lightnin' Hopkins
Released: 1959
Down South Summit Meeting
Released: 1960
Blues In My Bottle
Released: 1961
Last Night Blues
Released: 1961
Lightnin'
Released: 1961
Lightnin' In New York
Released: 1961
Lightnin' & Co.
Released: 1962
Walkin' This Road By Myself
Released: 1962
Lightnin' Sam Hopkins
Released: 1962
Lightnin' Strikes
Released: 1962
Smokes Like Lightning
Released: 1963
Goin' Away
Released: 1963
Hootin' the Blues
Released: 1964
Down Home Blues
Released: 1964
Soul Blues
Released: 1965
My Life in the Blues
Released: 1965
Lightning Hopkins with His Brothers Joel & John Henry / with Barbara Dane
Released: 1966

Concerts

Event Date Venue City Region Country
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 11/09/1946 Radio Recorders Studio Hollywood California USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 08/15/1947 Radio Recorders Studio Hollywood California USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 02/25/1948 Commercial Recording Studios Houston Texas USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 01/16/1959 Lightnin' Hopkins Rented Room Houston Texas USA
World Pacific Recording Session 07/06/1960 World Pacific Studio Los Angeles California USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 10/26/1960 Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 11/09/1960 Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs New Jersey USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 11/15/1960 Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios NYC New York USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 07/07/1961 ACA Sound & Film Studio Houston Texas USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 07/26/1961 ACA Sound & Film Studio Houston Texas USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 11/26/1961 Sierra Sound Laboratories Berkeley California USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 12/02/1961 Chris Strachwitz' Apartment Berkeley California USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 01/23/1962 ACA Sound & Film Studio Houston Texas USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 02/17/1962 ACA Sound & Film Studio Houston Texas USA
Lightnin' Hopkins Recording Session 02/20/1962 ACA Sound & Film Studio Houston Texas USA
Lightnin' Hopkins / Sabicas 03/20/1962 Village Gate NYC New York USA
Lightnin' Hopkins / Sabicas 03/21/1962 Village Gate NYC New York USA
Lightnin' Hopkins / Sabicas 03/22/1962 Village Gate NYC New York USA
Lightnin' Hopkins / Sabicas 03/23/1962 Village Gate NYC New York USA
Lightnin' Hopkins / Sabicas 03/24/1962 Village Gate NYC New York USA
Lightnin' Hopkins / Sabicas 03/25/1962 Village Gate NYC New York USA
John Coltrane Quartet / Lightnin' Hopkins 03/27/1962 Village Gate NYC New York USA
John Coltrane Quartet / Lightnin' Hopkins 03/28/1962 Village Gate NYC New York USA
John Coltrane Quartet / Lightnin' Hopkins 03/29/1962 Village Gate NYC New York USA
John Coltrane Quartet / Lightnin' Hopkins 03/30/1962 Village Gate NYC New York USA

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