Lightnin' Hopkins
During the summer of 1990, I worked at an engineering and architectural firm in Salem, Ma USA. One of the engineers noticed that every song I played in the studio was the sound of the blues. I was into electric blues at the time listening to J.B Hutto, Magic Slim and Hound dog Taylor.
The engineer came in one day with personal photos of his mother and a man named Sam Hopkins. His mother owned a juke joint in Georgia in the 50’s and 60’s and always welcomed Sam Hopkins to play a fish fry, while in town.
I never really had the bug for country blues, until I heard Sam “Lightnin” Hopkins. Probably his most popular recording is “Mojo Hand,” but I cannot get enough of “Black Cadilac.”
Check out this video from YOUTUBE and keep these blues alive.
