LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS - Lonesome Road

Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 - January 30, 1982.) Dipped Born in Centerville, Texas, Hopkins' childhood was surrounded by the sounds of the blues and he developed a deeper appreciation of the age of 8 when he met Blind Lemon Jefferson a church picnic in Buffalo, Texas. On this day, felt Hopkins was the Blues "in it" and continued to learn from his older (somewhat distant) cousin, country blues singer Alger "Texas" Alexander. Hopkins began accompanying Blind Lemon Jefferson on the guitar inChurch of informal meetings. Jefferson never said to anyone to play with him, except for young Hopkins, who learned a lot and was heavily influenced by Blind Lemon Jefferson, thanks to these meetings. In the mid 1930s, Hopkins was sent to Houston County Prison Farm for an unknown offense. In the late 1930s Hopkins moved to Houston with Alexander in an unsuccessful attempt to break into the music scene there. By the early 1940s he was back working in Centerville as a servant. Hopkinstook a second shot in Houston in 1946. Singing on Dowling St. in Houston's Third Ward (as his home base to be), he was discovered by Lola Anne Cullum from the Los Angeles record label, Aladdin Records. She is convinced Hopkins to go to LA, where he accompanied pianist Wilson Smith. The duo recorded twelve tracks in its first meetings in 1946. An Aladdin Records executive decided the pair needed more dynamism in their names and called Hopkins "Lightnin '" and Wilson"Thunder ...



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