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Artist:
Lightnin Hopkins
Title:
Classics 1948-1949
Details:
Third volume of recordings by the legendary Texas blues troubadour whose career stretched from the 1920's to the 1980s. Remarkably but he never appreciably altered his mournful Lone Star sound. . As a boy he was Blind Lemon Jefferson's guide. In his teens Hopkins began working with Texas Alexander who was his cousin. In 1946 a talent scout paired Hopkins with pianist Wilson "Thunder" Smith And sensibly re-christened the guitarist "Lightnin' " A load of other labels recorded Hopkins in the following years : including Modern/RPM (his uncompromising "Tim Moore's Farm" was an R&B hit in 1949); Gold Star (where he hit with "T-Model Blues" that same year) both featured on this collection.
Label: Classics
This item was added to our catalog on Wednesday 04 October, 2006
Hopkins, Lightnin' - Classics 1948-1949 - CD
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