ABC of the Blues CD15 (2010)

CD 15 – Lightnin’ Hopkins

15-01 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Katie Mae Blues
15-02 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Play with Your Poodle
15-03 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Automobile
15-04 Lightnin’ Hopkins – “T” Model Blues
15-05 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Baby Please Don’t Go
15-06 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Needed Time
15-07 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Short Haired Woman
15-08 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Mad with You
15-09 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightnin’ Boogie
15-10 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Give Me Central 209
15-11 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Coffee Blues
15-12 Lightnin’ Hopkins – What’s the Matter Now
15-13 Lightnin’ Hopkins – I’m Wild About You Baby
15-14 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Movin’ On Out Boogie			play
15-15 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Policy Game
15-16 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightnin’ Jump
15-17 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Late in the Evening
15-18 Lightnin’ Hopkins – They Wonder Who I Am			play
15-19 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Had a Gal Called Sal
15-20 Lightnin’ Hopkins – Blues for My Cookie

Sam John Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) better known as Lightnin’ Hopkins, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Houston, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine included Hopkins at number 71 on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

Hopkins' style was born from spending many hours playing informally without a backing band. His distinctive fingerstyle playing often included playing, in effect, bass, rhythm, lead, percussion, and vocals, all at the same time. He played both "alternating" and "monotonic" bass styles incorporating imaginative, often chromatic turnarounds and single note lead lines. Tapping or slapping the body of his guitar added rhythmic accompaniment.

Much of Hopkins' music follows the standard 12-bar blues template but his phrasing was very free and loose. Many of his songs were in the talking blues style, but he was a powerful and confident singer. Lyrically his songs chronicled the problems of life in the segregated south, bad luck in love and other usual subjects of the blues idiom. He did however deal with these subjects with humor and good nature. Many of his songs are filled with double entendres and he was known for his humorous introductions.

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