The Texas Historical Commission has approved the text that Eric Davis submitted for the historical marker honoring late Houston blues legend Lightnin’ Hopkins, and will now send the text to a foundry ...

Saturday morning, a crowd that overflowed the tent erected due to the inclement weather (though it never actually rained) showed up to witness the dedication of a state historical marker honoring Sam ...

Lightnin’ Hopkins embodied the blues. His singing, guitar playing, his physical appearance, personality, and demeanor, were the blues. One of the most recognizable bluesmen to come out of Texas, ...

The track, “Blues Jumped a Rabbit,” is out this week as part of the new Mack McCormick archive three-box set of 66 songs featuring Hopkins. The project is set for release this summer on August 4. The ...

He is - with all apologies to ZZ Top, who would probably agree - Houston's greatest musical export. A man whose often simple country blues songs, laconic delivery and instantly identifiable guitar ...

Listen, if you will, to the first 30 seconds of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ “Moanin’ Blues.” Listen to what happens when the weight of the world and love and loss is too much – if that all could form a pulse, ...

Country, big band, R&B, blues and pop music all find their way into "Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America's Forgotten War," a new anthology of music and spoken-word recordings from the ...

Lightnin' Hopkins' self-titled 1959 album will return to print on vinyl for the first time in years thanks to a new Smithsonian Folkways program that will recirculate some of the most storied titles ...

On April 3rd, Craft Recordings brings Bluesville back with AAA vinyl from John Lee Hooker and Lightnin’ Hopkins. No studio gloss, just the real work, cut straight from tape. Fondly tagged the “King of ...

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Texas blues singer/guitarist Sam "Lightnin'' Hopkins could lay claim to the authentic blues, having worked in the cotton fields for years. He turned electric in the 1950s, and toggled between acoustic ...