Guitars Speak: la chitarra di Lightnin' Hopkins

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Lightnin' Hopkins, è stato un cantante e chitarrista statunitense di musica blues, proveniente dal Texas. Hopkins è stato uno dei ultimi giganti del country blues e uno dei primi ad aprirsi alle sonorità elettriche anticipando il blues di Chicago.

Lightnin 'Hopkins, was an America blues singer and guitarist, coming from Texas. Hopkins was one of the last giants of country blues and one of the first to open up to the electric guitar sounds anticipating the Chicago blues.

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Documentary: The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
Filmmaker Les Blank

A documentary that gives an opportunity to plunge into the atmosphere, which developed country blues as such,
Without lovely sweetness and sentimentality,
Life rural African-American population of Texas in its stark nakedness and everyday life,
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Lightnin' Hopkins Live Austin City Limits 1979 full concert

Lightnin' Hopkins, who once recorded on International Artists, the 13th Floor Elevators label, live on Austin City Limits in 1982. He originally taped this in 1979, possibly a 1982 re-broadcast. I have since changed the title to reflect the date it was recorded, 1979.