Lightin' Hopkins pt 1

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  • @mtsoul7496
    @mtsoul7496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Sounds like 3 guitars at once. Bass , rhythm and lead.

    • @omairsh8
      @omairsh8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That’s the skill level of po Lightnin’! A one man band

    • @MoneyManBLUES
      @MoneyManBLUES 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Another bluesman that makes me feel this same thing is RL Burnside. Seems like 3 things happening at the same time.

    • @rwbullock4197
      @rwbullock4197 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      EXactly!!
      This is why guitarists worship him!

  • @stevetessier6568
    @stevetessier6568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    Lightning Sam Hopkins, and his brother Joel squatty Hopkins were mentors and teachers to me. I miss them so muchly. Now that I'm sick and old with lung cancer. God bless the dead.

    • @rocketman252
      @rocketman252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Great to hear your comment by someone who knew these guys personally.

    • @rupfhuhn
      @rupfhuhn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      good bye Steve - heaven or hell.... keep on rockin :-)

    • @sanjacob
      @sanjacob 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@rupfhuhn th-cam.com/video/nGR0StlDe14/w-d-xo.html

    • @Breakbeats92.5
      @Breakbeats92.5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You just hang in there and keep on rocking.

    • @AstralMarmot
      @AstralMarmot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Just so you know - people still out here wishing you well. I hope you got your health back since you wrote this, and that you'll tell us more stories about Lightning and Squatty. Hell I'd record you telling stories if you wanted; could listen to someone like you tell stories all day long. Might not know you but don't need to know someone to know they're good people. You take care out there, mind body and soul - it's all the same.

  • @andygibbins5372
    @andygibbins5372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Hello all you guys from the US of A. White guy from Birmingham England learned to play listening to his records aged about 12. I'm 65 now and realise how much I copied him.... from my first professional gig at the age of 14 and still do. God Bless !

  • @joegarrison5911
    @joegarrison5911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    I literally cannot stop listening to the first song. One of the best songs I've ever heard

    • @anthonyetemadi7975
      @anthonyetemadi7975 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is indeed..Baby please don't go!

    • @joaquinlinodelatorre5928
      @joaquinlinodelatorre5928 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You could try with John Lee Hooker version, that one is great too, I think this one is better anyway.

    • @truthseeker7233
      @truthseeker7233 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Between the first song and the song at 6:00 im absolutely blown away so so much talent it's unbelievable 👏 ✨️🎸

  • @Omaha11Bravo
    @Omaha11Bravo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Stone cold blooded Master.
    A Hero of mine.
    Texas Legend

    • @shaserv
      @shaserv 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes sir!

  • @rocketman252
    @rocketman252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I"ve been listening to this guy since I was about 16 years old (now 79) and have enjoyed him immensely. And I'm a white boy from the suburbs of Detroit. Have seen him in person several times in Ann Arbor an at festivals - it never gets old to me.

    • @Enter5tube
      @Enter5tube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      you lucky, I envy you...

    • @David53D
      @David53D 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was raised in Detroit and saw some good blues around the area during the 60's I'm now 70 living in South Texas.

    • @CelticSaint
      @CelticSaint 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You saw this man live in concert!!! OMG!!

    • @rdmkeytohwy
      @rdmkeytohwy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is so cool that you got to see this legend before he passed. I didn’t really know his music until he was gone. I am also a white boy from a small town in the Midwest called Kansas, IL. I love most all of these old original blues men. I prefer Lightnin’ with just him and an acoustic guitar because a band messes up his delivery. Many of these guys weren’t hung up on playing everything perfectly in time and they developed a style that was uniquely theirs. This man was pure genius and his guitar style is beyond cool. Salt of the earth is a great way to describe him.

    • @MalcolmTexxx
      @MalcolmTexxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hey gotta appreciate good white people, your people catch a lot of flack i just wanna tell good people like you, black people appreciate you guys lol

  • @1906sfjd
    @1906sfjd 9 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    The voice, the style, the heart. Never get tired of Lightnin'.

    • @harrydeanbentzel
      @harrydeanbentzel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't forget about the cardigan!

    • @Mathuews1
      @Mathuews1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Yeaaaa that's the way that cycloon started...."

    • @mindsigh4
      @mindsigh4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the way he somtimes is finger over the fret to mute & buzz bass notes that he hits hard,
      feel feel feel the quiet parts the lulls in between

  • @3dfather
    @3dfather 11 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    Thank GOD that some body had the mind to record and preserve this for future generations...and if it were not for you tube I would not know about a lot of this...

    • @nicolen.9642
      @nicolen.9642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Derek Wagoner Absolutely!!

    • @johnc3403
      @johnc3403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      it's true, as the years pass, more and more of this mans work appears on TH-cam... we are lucky indeed

    • @bluto212
      @bluto212 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you know the origins of these video recordings?

    • @jontotoronto948
      @jontotoronto948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      IF it were not for You Tube I would not know about you.
      So it's light and dark.

    • @bryanbuck3430
      @bryanbuck3430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      this whole Folk Seattle series is priceless

  • @buddymanstv7799
    @buddymanstv7799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Can we just thank the man who invented the video camera ahha aha cause man this stuff is pure gold and this new generation don’t want nothing to do with this type of music. Didn’t even know this guy was from Houston and it makes me proud to have one of the best blues player from my part of town!

    • @ThePandaAgenda
      @ThePandaAgenda ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm 25, don't know if that makes me too old for "this new generation".
      But there's definitely a lot of people bred on rock, raised on the blues, and some of us, trained in jazz.
      Even now kids are buying thumb-picks

    • @mishacking
      @mishacking ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm 22, it just depends how into music you are more than age

    • @dreamweaver1603
      @dreamweaver1603 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThePandaAgenda good, now we just have to get the radio or Spotify or whoever it is these days to promote the music to the masses.

    • @blahdelablah
      @blahdelablah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@dreamweaver1603 Why? It's not enough for you to enjoy it?

    • @buddymanstv7799
      @buddymanstv7799 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@blahdelablah think you misunderstood me,

  • @aldito7586
    @aldito7586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    2007. I go to the food store and when I'm done with my grocery shopping I come to this isle that had cd's. So I see this cd that said "Lightnin Hopkins sings the blues". Thank God I found this cd !!! - It changed my life and kept me company for many months through the tough times !!!

  • @stacyblue1980
    @stacyblue1980 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "wIdely imitated style..."...?
    We have tried for decades 🤣We can't do it! Maybe someday..?
    Praise be to God. This man is the very best. We love you, Sam. 🌹

    • @shaserv
      @shaserv 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tell em the truth. 😂😂

  • @audiophileman7047
    @audiophileman7047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    The man, the music, the legend, it's Lightnin', one of the very finest blues artists of all time! I love this guy!!👍💖🎸😎

    • @Gurci28
      @Gurci28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Serving as one of the great archetypes of Texas Blues, and acoustic blues overall, Lightnin' Hopkins is one of the legends of the music.
      With his reach, he influenced many guitarists; for example, Jimi Hendrix's family listened to much blues, and one of young Hendrix's favorites happened to be Lightnin' Hopkins.
      Source: Ploddings Com

  • @caniican
    @caniican 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You can play me Symphony music Thelonious Monk jazz Satchmo you can play me Les Paul you can play me Jeff Beck you can play me Clapton Gilmore Townsend The Beatles on and on and on and on every single last one of them was touched by this man and his sounds as well as all other early Blues pioneers not just guitar players. So I just feel so enthralled when I see this in here this makes me so glad to be part of the human experience and also very glad I have playing the guitar for 40 years and everyday more fired up than the last. I said hey hey the blues is alright hey hey the blues is alright. Love me some Lightnin Hopkins hot damn! LOL

    • @derekgoins6547
      @derekgoins6547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Best comment

    • @shaserv
      @shaserv 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes indeed! Some get it, some don’t but these are the masters. You get it. 😂😂

  • @jessemahsel1641
    @jessemahsel1641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The funkiest, flashiest, coolest, heaviest bluesman

  • @lennyluzitano8920
    @lennyluzitano8920 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I WAS DEPPRESSED ALL DAY TODAY.....BUT ..LIGHTIN HOPKINS DONE TOOK ME FOR A HAPPY BLUES RIDE..."NOBODY SINGS AND PLAYS GUITAR LIKE LIGHTIN HOPKINS.......AWESOME THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH....MADE ME LAUGH AND SMILE....WHAT MELODY IS THIS FROM HEAVEN HE SINGS AND PLAYS ...GREAT TONE AND FEEL EMOTION AND TOTTALY MELODIC ....SATISFACTION GAURANTEED...ONE OF MY FAVORITES.........

    • @markkennard861
      @markkennard861 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Your proof that there ain't no better cure for the blues than the blues..

  • @joeessig3550
    @joeessig3550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Colder than a robot, hotter than a crockpot. Dude doesn't move his head for the first 4 minutes---what a disinterested badass.

  • @KennethMcMurry
    @KennethMcMurry 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Im so addicted to listening to lightning that almost as soon as I wake up i here his licks and turnarounds in mind

    • @shaserv
      @shaserv 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s catchy!

  • @omairsh8
    @omairsh8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    His sense of rhythm and timing is simply impeccable

    • @shaserv
      @shaserv 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hmm, I don’t know what you mean since these was the inventors.

  • @scottt2012
    @scottt2012 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I need to keep the nails on my fretting as short as I can to play, that he can play, and so well, with those nails blows my mind. Great stuff here, Lightnin' is legend.

    • @anodyneforever3996
      @anodyneforever3996 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too. I don't know how he played with nails that long on fretting hand.

    • @jerrygarziola
      @jerrygarziola ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anodyneforever3996 yeah so annoying when they get too long lol

    • @steveloewen8270
      @steveloewen8270 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He’s playing two strings with each finger and nail 😮

  • @RoJoeLa55x
    @RoJoeLa55x 11 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Lightnin' Hopkins. Just listen to that voice and guitar and let it seep down into your bones. Good Stuff!!

    • @ulenpink5026
      @ulenpink5026 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good

    • @ulenpink5026
      @ulenpink5026 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      P pm please l

    • @RoJoeLa55x
      @RoJoeLa55x 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ulenpink5026 Thank you for listening.

  • @WutThaFuh
    @WutThaFuh ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite part is when he's done playin' and he looks at the camera like WTF are you lookin' at?

  • @davidg.9932
    @davidg.9932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    109 years ago Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins was born on this day.. March 15, 1912. The day blues was born.. We respect all the blues greats but Lightnin' was one of a kind..

  • @thetimetraveler4117
    @thetimetraveler4117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fingerstyle standard teachers are now mad with those TWO fingers doing all the work! Hopkins, you badass!

  • @1992Maton
    @1992Maton 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    @5:32 ... that rhythmic double wack before kicking into the melody line. He had such groove. I can't say enough about the dude, to be honest.. Brilliance. Voice, persona, image, playing.. helps ease the ache a lot of the time.

  • @raakaroki
    @raakaroki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite county blues singer guitar player. Great!

  • @Colinshreds69
    @Colinshreds69 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Po lightnin really had them blues. Didn’t need a big orchestra behind him to play em either. Just good ole country blues. Man and his guitar singing straight from his heart bout what he feels. Legend

  • @MrGrxxx123
    @MrGrxxx123 9 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    only lightin can make a sweater look cool!! this is greatness

    • @matthewseed3386
      @matthewseed3386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      IDK, Scarlett Johansson be making sweaters look pretty damn cool.

    • @bureaucratbayonet
      @bureaucratbayonet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That stone cold stare after he finishes a song. He's the coolest.

  • @boxingin
    @boxingin 11 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    What a terrific guitar player and wonderful musician!

  • @irmarobinson1
    @irmarobinson1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    My dear cousin a legend...Gone but not forgotten. May his soul rest in total peace!

    • @irmarobinson1
      @irmarobinson1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you

    • @jeanpaulhopkins8112
      @jeanpaulhopkins8112 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He was my daddy brother that I never met.

    • @josephmordecai6237
      @josephmordecai6237 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jean Paul Hopkins was your daddy a musician too?

    • @J.Dove3D
      @J.Dove3D 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My favorite American guitarist/musician for over 34 yrs now. I, like many musicians can claim Mr.Hopkins as my musical daddy. God Bless.

  • @rwbullock4197
    @rwbullock4197 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for posting this!
    Lightin' Hopkins is a gift to th world and esp guitar players.
    Thank God for the contrast between Lightin; and his guitar. {so we can see his fingering}

  • @andywjackson1135
    @andywjackson1135 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A fabulous thank you for sharing such fabulous music 🎶🎸🎶🇺🇲☯️the blues is in my soul hopefully for ever🤸🏄

  • @frankcorrenti5941
    @frankcorrenti5941 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This Gibson J50 guitar was the top of the line especialy for Texas folk, blues, and all-around Travelin' singer-songwriters from say 1955-1975, give or take. You'll see it used by young Steve Earle, Gillian Welch even today, along with many others. Mr. Lightnin' Hopkins shows how versatile he is strumming band finger-picking all up and down the strings to get the right sound. The pickup he is using was one of the better and affordable. I used a similar Dave LAWRENCE pickup with an old tube Fender amp for small auditorium performances and could connect a microphone and the guitar both. This is a priceless recording.

    • @aquariumlife2929
      @aquariumlife2929 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is it true back in the 20s/30s ( birth of ) blues guitar players used to play with nylon syrings ? Since you seem a person that would know answering tgis question

    • @amadigidigaula771
      @amadigidigaula771 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The J-50 was never ‘top of the line’ - it was just a natural top
      version of the J-45! It was nothing special in Gibson’s line up.

  • @caniican
    @caniican 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My youngest brother is sick with diabetes also has some lifelong serious struggles with schizophrenia. Unfortunately he's one of those stubborn types
    ... knows it all won't take advice ...THOUGH constantly asks for help. Very confusing in the mind this human dynamic.
    ⭐Because family is family and you got to care for those who are not as well off as you. This has overwhelmed me and giving me the serious Blues.!
    So having told that story I am happy to corroborate with many others that listening to this for the past many hours has really brought me back down to earth. Watched about 30 Lightnin Hopkins videos live concerts at cetera today this s*** is the real deal Blues is the Healer Blues is the Healer Blues is the Healer! Hallelujah love you lightning

  • @seandmoore6922
    @seandmoore6922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is absolute gold. Thank you for sharing, and thanks to those who spent the time recording and cataloging this music.
    America couldn’t handle the beauty of the blues, so Europe took it and gave it its due.

  • @cherrybullet1
    @cherrybullet1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Not only is his blues technique incredible,his timing is perfect as well.Just a man,his voice,and his guitar.Unbelievable!

  • @machtschnell7452
    @machtschnell7452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seeing Lightnin' live was mesmerizing. He made the blues seem effortless. He did like to drink to inebriation, though. He could barely sit on his stool and would usually fire one of his sidemen who never left. One who played the washboard was Cleveland Chenier who lived in Austin.
    Great to have film of Lightnin' playing live.

    • @GreenManalishiUSA
      @GreenManalishiUSA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had a guitar teacher who had taken lessons from Lightnin Hopkins, and he used to say that until you've sat at the feet of Lightnin Hopkins and felt his hot, whiskey-soaked breath coming down on you, then you haven't really heard the blues 😀

  • @didclements
    @didclements 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im so darn lucky 'cause I saw this man play when I was 21yrs old in a small hall in Queensland, Australia.....before he died, never seen any one born so deep into the blues & blew my mind... long time back, I'm glad you found the videos too,great.!!!!

  • @KennethMcMurry
    @KennethMcMurry 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This guy is probably the the coolest dude to ever live honestly

  • @TheMadisonHang
    @TheMadisonHang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this guy
    Real Music. Real Soul.

  • @alexbrewer5799
    @alexbrewer5799 10 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    The Man has a whole friggin band in his fingers. Amazing. Looks so deceptively simple, too....

    • @bnhamilton
      @bnhamilton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Uses one guitar
      (That's all I see)
      But when he plays
      It sounds like three

    • @musicblogger87
      @musicblogger87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anything but simple... but it’s amazing what a skilled musician can do with practice..

    • @phantom33bb58
      @phantom33bb58 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is simple !!

    • @phantom33bb58
      @phantom33bb58 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can do this in my sleep

    • @phantom33bb58
      @phantom33bb58 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If u look at his fingers an listen then u can too

  • @lindsayl.9472
    @lindsayl.9472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ‘This guitar lives eternally...as she is heard every time this recording is playing. She communicates love and joy with whom all she is sharing.
    Forever full and spilling over with sweet soulful bliss.💜💪🏼

  • @tommaddox1028
    @tommaddox1028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I first learned of lighting in 1962. I have on record at least 3 of his albums. On one he plays elec. Guitar one album is his life story played and talked by him I like him but also sonny terry and brownie Magee i saw them close up in abar performance 1979 sonny is the best harp player ever

  • @theherbpuffer
    @theherbpuffer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Texas has the best music.

  • @choad1976
    @choad1976 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I've been looking for these shows for years! This and the Roscoe Holcomb are the only ones I'd ever seen so the Son House, John Lee etc. is all bonus. A big thank you for making these available. Maybe some of these people with a palate for bubblegum will accidentally run across some of these and acquire a taste for top shelf. Or not...

  • @snörre23
    @snörre23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He is in top form here, i have listened to most of his recordings and this is as intense and spot on as it gets. Don't even think i have a CD with recordings THAT good and i have almost everything available.

  • @jhavajoe3792
    @jhavajoe3792 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a treasure! Music is so mysterious. All power to those who can enjoy any genre. And in every genre
    there's always one song or more that just attaches to you.

  • @rudyboy904
    @rudyboy904 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Possibly the best musician in history.

  • @stevemoore8500
    @stevemoore8500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have heard of this man and his guitar playing many years ago. I think it was the song he played “make sure my grave is kept clean”. Thanks to TH-cam I discovered who he really is in late March 2021. Watching his hands move across the guitar you realize how good he is. Steve Moore

  • @talladegatony
    @talladegatony 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lightnin' ! I first heard Lightnin' Hopkins before college when one of my broke friends found a wooden crate of records on the sidewalk...Lightnin' Strikes was in there...Thank you for posting this! It's been almost 20 years since I first heard him and it's amazing to see this footage.

  • @waltalexander1569
    @waltalexander1569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    has real communication to this music. just love it.

  • @lennyluzitano8920
    @lennyluzitano8920 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When i was a little kid playing acoustic guitar age 11..1/2 i played that style 1965
    ..not knowing it was called blues ..but when i was 43 years old ..i heard a lighting Hopkins cassette and it blew my mind . ! i connected imediatly..i had never heard any one sign like ..Lightin...wow...amazing ...words can't describe his ultimate blues power...

  • @XC797
    @XC797 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sam Lightning Hopkins took the blues to a whole new level and then some

  • @PeterNzalawahe
    @PeterNzalawahe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The guitar with this man was about to pronounce words!!!

  • @DukeOfLA
    @DukeOfLA 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So I come from the same area ..something about southeast Texas ..makes for good music and singing ..my opinion ..blues came out these parts

    • @guitargo247
      @guitargo247 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No it did not. But Texas does have its own blues sound.

  • @KRxN11
    @KRxN11 12 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    An original. A master at work. His playing, his voice, his presentation. Royalty. A one of a kind. I grew up on this stuff. This is like collards and corn bread to me. Don't forge the buttermilk.

  • @jenniferbroadwater6136
    @jenniferbroadwater6136 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember this from the 70s I was at some party and somebody was playing this but I can’t figure out what party and who? Glad I found it on here.

  • @cleanerfloors
    @cleanerfloors 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is awesome! Thank God somebody got this on film.

  • @mikidomeny1677
    @mikidomeny1677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    there is something of pure magic about this man. can´t help it, it screams out of his being. I mean his soul.. his guitar skills, well let me put it this way, devil offered him to teach him cello but he said: "let poo´ Lighnin be.."

  • @21stcenturyschizoman18
    @21stcenturyschizoman18 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A simple explanation of a very complicated and extremely talented man. The Texas blues encompassed in Sam John Hopkins. FolkSeattle thanks for the upload.

  • @ardalla535
    @ardalla535 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My brain is foggy with the years but I remember a tale of how someone gave Lightnin a 12-string with dimes as tuning knobs. He said he never played it because it was too much trouble to tune. I spent the '60s in Houston, so Lightnin was a common sight at places like Liberty Hall.

  • @mariemarie8868
    @mariemarie8868 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That kind of Blues always makes me dizzy - oooohh-yeahhhh!!!!

  • @johnj.flanagan-hymnsoffaith
    @johnj.flanagan-hymnsoffaith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really great. Natural original talent.

  • @pauldebont8158
    @pauldebont8158 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My Bluesuncle inrtoduced me to the music of Lightning Sam when I was 18 years old. Hear was the start of my interest and playnig the bleus. Big Boy Arthur Crudup and a fifties album of BB King soon followed. How grateful I am to my blulesuncle, who himself was playing the blues for fourty years, till he got the guitarsickness.

  • @tatanka-dd9oo
    @tatanka-dd9oo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    waou, j'adore ce Monsieur quel talent 😍 merci pour ce partage.

  • @rossduncan9505
    @rossduncan9505 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is country blues at its best prewar baby,acoustic blues the only way to go.

  • @KittenFlower66
    @KittenFlower66 8 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    That guitar is sitting somewhere unplayed and depressed. It looks so happy in this recording.

    • @ethanhammond7615
      @ethanhammond7615 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Its looks absolutely happy as hell

    • @acousticshadow4032
      @acousticshadow4032 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Indeed, RH. Believe it's a Gibson B-25. I had one, but it never sounded as good as this one...lol.

    • @EmeraldWoodArchives
      @EmeraldWoodArchives 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      It's in the Rock Hall of Fame. I saw it

    • @LouisCrosland
      @LouisCrosland 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@acousticshadow4032 it's a 1965 Gibson J50

    • @darrendix5163
      @darrendix5163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He must have just recently received this guitar, or was borrowing it. It sounds brand spanking new, a bit tinny. I'm sure today it sounds a LOT different, and developed. Hopefully SOMEBODY is playing it and it's not sitting in a glass box.@@LouisCrosland

  • @nicolen.9642
    @nicolen.9642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing! Lightnin' Hopkins is awesome...

  • @0otee
    @0otee 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Baby plse don’t go... Great musicman🌹❣️👌🌺🌻❤️ To hear him Live should’ve been great❣️💥🌞

  • @Jahefe13
    @Jahefe13 11 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Incredible style and delivery! Thanks.

  • @davidmoody239
    @davidmoody239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh what a man! Love that sound from the guitar, and they don't make men like that no more. 👍🥃

  • @Goatchild90
    @Goatchild90 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So many people will listen to their Blues Rock and Heavy Metal and never realize it came from this. Damn shame.

  • @cheickmariko7849
    @cheickmariko7849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can’t stop listening this guy

  • @Stevegoodine
    @Stevegoodine 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad I came across this what a gem. Now I see Travis picking is really Lighting picking.

  • @marctheshark7567
    @marctheshark7567 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So awesome. He is one of the few that can have such a sweet sound despite the E and A strings being sooooo out of tune ! Love it

    • @sidpackard8613
      @sidpackard8613 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He has it tuned up a half step...

    • @sidpackard8613
      @sidpackard8613 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Kegan Not sure. Could be accidental, or it may have made it easier for him to sing this particular song.

  • @johnogden6752
    @johnogden6752 11 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Man this guy can play the guitar baby, I am delighted to listen and play my Harmonica to his sound, real delight, no i never heard of him and his play until now, but yeah I playing and jammin with my Mississippi Sax to this da sound.. yeap let it rip)))

  • @MrFUHGEDDABOUDIT
    @MrFUHGEDDABOUDIT 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Hors Concours" - Lightin' Hopkins is "The Best Legend" of the true "Rhythm an Blues".

  • @danasizemore5947
    @danasizemore5947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can listen to him AllDay. +++

  • @eddieboggs8306
    @eddieboggs8306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite Blues artist. Anyone that can have a trombone player in his band and it work has to be a ledgen.

  • @grants5554
    @grants5554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    absolute master of the craft. Mild crime that more don't know him.

  • @ingenuitas
    @ingenuitas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He was the coolest cat who ever lived.

    • @bnhamilton
      @bnhamilton ปีที่แล้ว

      Have to throw Sonny Boy Williamson's hat in that ring:) th-cam.com/video/n8fyb9vpIc0/w-d-xo.html

  • @johnweldon7738
    @johnweldon7738 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He's stroking them strings...
    They speak in a language that's universal

  • @gringagarbo7508
    @gringagarbo7508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I can hear Lightnin’ Hopkins’s style when Nancy Wilson plays.

  • @jbbon
    @jbbon 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best for sure...!!

  • @anderotaola7515
    @anderotaola7515 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I discovered Lightnin Hopkins recently. All I have to say I wasn’t ready for Baby please don’t go in this take. I was prayin and cryin I swear Lord forgive me never have I had such an intense reaction to music. I even had to come say.

  • @Gurci28
    @Gurci28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hopkins' nimble dexterity made intricate boogie riffs seem easy, and his fascinating penchant for improvising lyrics to fit whatever situation might arise made him a beloved blues troubadour.
    Source: AllMusic

  • @slapmyfacefull
    @slapmyfacefull 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Post. Awesome music
    Thanks for sharing

  • @thomasdungl8493
    @thomasdungl8493 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So much great Blues, thank you so much for sharing it!

  • @whackamole
    @whackamole 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is some thicc bass groovin’ right there 👌

  • @coldmanblues1446
    @coldmanblues1446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love the third song he plays on here probably most of all. But every morning i listen to this video while brushing my teeth and getting ready for my day 😎

    • @geroldfirl
      @geroldfirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Twister Blues hits the spot

    • @RErnie-gv1hv
      @RErnie-gv1hv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That fits right in. How many blues songs begin,
      "When I woke up this morning - - - -"?

  • @choogwalda
    @choogwalda 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that A wedding ring I see? Never thought about it. On the regrettable side, opposed to Joe Mxfatters pleasant experience, an old freind of mine met lightnin and he say nothin except instructions to get him a bottle. I love him as a blues man. It's not sad, its just real. Lightnin' brings the blues - an intermediate to relate with him. Real deal. A Blues Man.

  • @TheCaliforniaFeeling
    @TheCaliforniaFeeling 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wow that was the coolest riff i ever heard

  • @randallruble7941
    @randallruble7941 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Just had back surgery - hurt like hell. Listen to this and t he pain goes away!

  • @PoolhouseProduction
    @PoolhouseProduction 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you are so right. SRV described it as playing into the meat of the guitar. the sounds he could pull out of an acoustic were amazing. you didn't just grab some glasses and a hat and start calling yourself a bluesman. thanks for the heads up brother.

  • @OliverKostrinsky
    @OliverKostrinsky 13 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    for all people who love guitar and "real" music in general.... 2:49 to 3:08.....listen and watch closely....it'll do us all some good

  • @charlieredeemed
    @charlieredeemed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow!!!! Makes me wonder if I'm from this time period. I love this❤

  • @dexter7157
    @dexter7157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This music remenber my little cat Killa. My true love.
    R.I.P Killa

  • @barryberko
    @barryberko 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for uploading this. An amazing piece of art for the ages.

  • @mrstanbmw
    @mrstanbmw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love how Eryca Badu give him a shout out on one of her songs this guy was a Giant.

  • @johnnyjohnny6174
    @johnnyjohnny6174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just great. What a groove.

  • @geneb.9619
    @geneb.9619 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can we imagine having a couple of beers with lightin , kieth and john lee.now that would be just plain cool.