"Baby, Please Don't Go" is a blues song first recorded by Big Joe Williams in 1935. It is related to a group of early 20th century blues and work songs that include "Alabama Bound", "Another Man Done Gone", and "Don't Leave Me Here", and "Turn Your Lamp Down Low". Here is the great version of that song by Sam "Lightnin' Hopkins. + Informações

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The great bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins LIVE. Not sure of the exact title of the song however, so please correct me if I am wrong! Enjoy!. + Informações

The enduring musical journey of Sam Lightnin' Hopkins began on a cotton farm in Centerville,Texas in 1912. He was drawn to the music he heard played by an older brother. After meeting up with Dallas bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sam left the hardscrabble life of the Texas cotton fields, determined to play his way to better circumstances.. + Informações

Part 1 of a film showing Life & the Blues in Rural Texas in 1967. Featuring Lightning Hopkins, Billy Bizor ,Mance Lipscome, Ruth 'Blues' Ames & the People of Texas,also on this channel...'The Sun's gonna Shine' ,also by Lightnin'. + Informações

Lightnin'Hopkins If someone has a problem with me uploading this vid, plz notify and I'll remove it.. + Informações

EL SR. LIGHTNING HOPKINS , LLEGA HASTA LO MAS PROFUNDO DEL ALMA BLUSERA , INTERPRETANDO "GOIN DOWN SLOW ". + Informações

www.youtube.com Link to Lightnin Hopkins documentary/bio video: www.youtube.com Review: Lightnin Hopkins is generally considered the last true giant to have appeared on the acoustic blues scene.This video bears out that reputation, though even in the earliest cuts he is clearly happier when his acoustic guitar is plugged into an amp and can give him some extra sustain. Showing him in 1960, 67, 70 and 79, and mixing live concert footage with quiet filming sessions for the University of Washington, the video tracks Hopkins through the glory days of his discovery by a young, white audience. The concert bits are a particular treat for those who never saw Hopkins live, giving a taste of his engaging stage style. He introduces songs with autobiographical stories or wry throw-away lines, and charms the crowd with an array of low-key guitar tricks, reaching his right hand over his left to hit a string, or pointing with his left as his right plucks open notes. Hopkins was only 48 in 1960 and, unlike older bluesmen who seemed out of place in their new-found glory, he took it all in stride. He wears nice suits or V-neck sweaters, a high pompadour or a sharp cap or fedora. In the final segment, he is playing a Stratocaster with a wah-wah pedal, though the music is barely hanged from his acoustic style. (Unfortunately, the rhythm section that backs him on these tracks only drags him down.) Many Hopkins favorites are here, from his driving reworking of the old-time Take Me Back to a .... + Informações

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Texas blues guitar giant Lightnin' Hopkins performs "Hurricane Beulah" and "Baby, Scratch My Back" in this clip from 1960. From the DVD "Lightnin' Hopkins: Rare Performances 1960-1979." More info at www.guitarvideos.com. + Informações

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i dont own the rights to this song or to this picture. the song is bring me my shotgun by lightnin' hopkins. + Informações

Born Mar 15, 1912 in Centerville, TX Died Jan 30, 1982 in Houston, TX Sam Hopkins was a Texas country bluesman of the highest caliber whose career began in the 1920s and stretched all the way into the 1980s. Along the way, Hopkins watched the genre change remarkably, but he never appreciably altered his mournful Lone Star sound, which translated onto both acoustic and electric guitar. 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. Hopkins' brothers John Henry and Joel were also talented bluesmen, but it was Sam who became a star. In 1920, he met the legendary Blind Lemon Jefferson at a social function, and even got a chance to play with him. Later, Hopkins served as Jefferson's guide. In his teens, Hopkins began working with another pre-war great, singer Texas Alexander, who was his cousin. A mid-'30s stretch in Houston's County Prison Farm for the young guitarist interrupted their partnership for a time, but when he was freed, Hopkins hooked back up with the older bluesman. The pair was dishing out their lowdown brand of blues in Houston's Third Ward in 1946 when talent scout Lola Anne Cullum came across them. She had already engineered a pact with Los Angeles-based Aladdin Records for another of her charges, pianist Amos Milburn, and Cullum saw the same sort of opportunity within Hopkins' dusty country blues. Alexander wasn't .... + Informações

In this blues guitar lesson JamPlay.com teacher, Eric Madis, teaches a couple of key blues licks in the style of Lightnin' Hopkins. For more, visit www.jamplay.com. + Informações

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Brilliant blues guitar playing. About time this was put on here !. + Informações

Chris Strachwitz on Lightnin' Hopkins. + Informações

Born Sam John Hopkins in Centerville, Texas, Hopkins' childhood was immersed in the sounds of the blues and he developed a deeper appreciation at the age of 8 when he met Blind Lemon Jefferson at a church picnic in Buffalo, Texas. That day, Hopkins felt the blues was "in him" and went on to learn from his older (somewhat distant) cousin, country blues singer Alger "Texas" Alexander. (Hopkins had another cousin, Texas electric blues guitarist, Frankie Lee Sims with whom he later recorded. Hopkins began accompanying Blind Lemon Jefferson on guitar in informal church gatherings. Jefferson supposedly never let anyone play with him except for young Hopkins, who learned much from and was influenced greatly by Blind Lemon Jefferson thanks to these gatherings. Houston's poet-in-residence for 35 years, Hopkins recorded more albums than any other bluesman. Hopkins died of esophageal cancer in Houston January 30, 1982 at the age of 69. His New York Times obituary named him as "one of the great county blues and perhaps the greatest single influence on rock guitar players." 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 .... + Informações

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video is made of scenes from the documentary film "The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins" (1970) A portrait of the great Texas bluesman, 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by Hopkins. more info: www.imdb.com. + Informações

www.fingerstyleblues.com Sam 'Lightnin' Hopkins was a very influential Texas Blues musician whose songs have inspired everyone from the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn to The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and many points in between. Hopkins began his career in the 1920's and for the next sixty years barely altered inimitable his style.. + Informações

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In his own words and "own own" music, Lightnin' Hopkins reveals the inspiration for his blues. In Les Blank's film (www.lesblank.com) he sings, jives, ponders. He boogies at an outdoor barbeque and a black rodeo, and takes you with him on a homecoming visit to his boyhood home of Centerville, Texas. --Carmen Moore, The Village Voice. + Informações

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