Around 1962 I was in a club on Grant street in San Francisco where Mose Allison was playing. During the break. this guy with chrome sidewall shades walked out. He had a towel around his neck like the valets that used to work in the rest rooms. Then he picked up a guitar and played the blues like I had never heard before. Lightning Sam Hopkins was his name.
@gilconidaambat5917
4 жыл бұрын
Then he picked up a guitar and even after more then half a century its in the brain with every detail. Magic. It happened to me in 1965 in comblain belgium, where i have seen in a few hours musicians unknown to me. nina simone and coltrane. Life changing....
@andywjackson1135
Жыл бұрын
Fabulous,to hear that,thank you for your story and sharing it with us all,🎶🎸 Andy
@RW-kd4gx
4 ай бұрын
You should write children's books , full of bs
@davidg.9932
3 жыл бұрын
109 years ago Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins was born on this day.. March 15, 1912. The day blues was born.. We respect all the blues greats but Lightnin' was one of a kind..
@dontgoout1434
Жыл бұрын
No shut sherlock
@Ashleyramirezlv
Жыл бұрын
111 years ago now sweet baby Jesus
@brettbrandstatt8589
7 жыл бұрын
The hardest grooving bluesman ever.
@gregmccurry5619
7 жыл бұрын
not john lee hooker?
@sewagedump
5 жыл бұрын
@@gregmccurry5619 John Lee Hooker would be the smoothest.
@itsallaroundyou7085
3 жыл бұрын
@@sewagedump smooth definately belongs to bb.
@theherbpuffer
3 жыл бұрын
If boogie was the word then definitely JLH but Lightnin has that sophisticated boogie. As far as groovy goes that ones up in the air. I'd say Lightnin personally but I'm biased lol
@devonmoors
10 жыл бұрын
Saw Lightnin live back in the early sixties.He was superb and captivated his mainly 'pop'audience.
@burner1833
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!😃❤ I love lightnin's voice so awesome!!❤
@Yeahthatsright717
5 жыл бұрын
Stevie Ray Vaughn must have listened to Lightnin a lot!
@Morningstar818
2 жыл бұрын
He sure did mentioned him as inspiration along with a litany of other master every chance he got
@markkennard861
6 ай бұрын
RIP SRV. Still miss him. I was to young to appreciate Mr Hopkins but im sure making up for that now.
@dellidelli8170
13 күн бұрын
i said the same thing
@SiggyMe
10 жыл бұрын
Oh this just made my afternoon. To think my guitar teacher when I was young wanted me to meet these guys and I turned him down because I was too shy, dang! I really missed out..........all these blues players used to play after hour clubs where it was just for musicians wanting to gig with each other.
@msaintpc
2 жыл бұрын
SiggyMe, me and a bail bondsman named Tommy Tucker owned an after hours club named 'Dupree's in L.A. in the 1960s. Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Earl Van Dyke and Mose Allison often came through to jam with the locals. The chess player Bobby Fischer often came through too when he was in town. He played a cold blooded Hammond organ and always had the best weed we ever smoked. Those were some good days back then.
@aldito7586
3 жыл бұрын
2007. I bought one his cd's and it kept me company for many months !!!
@rdmkeytohwy
3 жыл бұрын
The first song here, ‘Mojo Hand’, is a blues masterclass in how to groove with an acoustic and deliver vocals in a really unique style that was pure Lightnin.’ Dare I say it, if you don’t like this, you probably don’t like blues. This man was pure genius and was better on his own than with a band in my opinion. This is so great……
@Raulo707
11 ай бұрын
I agree , this guy rocks solo badass
@joejoeiceman420
11 жыл бұрын
Hopkins go hard as fuck he the real H town wish I could have seen him live
@flylippfantom8425
Жыл бұрын
I finally see the light... I just need an old Gibson ✌️💜 i can dig it he doesn't miss a beat
@epicoutdoorracin2010
9 жыл бұрын
That last song Lightnin plays has got sure a nice rhythm to it! I can’t get enough of this music! My generation sucks!!
@1zzonked
6 жыл бұрын
Cody Moraga Same
@ripme6616
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah man... now that's Blues!!! Dead set' playful
@detagalloway4710
2 жыл бұрын
Uhh..He is so cool..I mean real funky cool.Such an absolute opportunity to stay up all night and listen and watch Hymns
@partywhip
11 жыл бұрын
Never seen a blues master drop his thumb pick! Truly live.
@allkindsagirls6117
3 жыл бұрын
Rare breed. love the way he played with his whole body.
@CelticSaint
3 жыл бұрын
He was the best. No one compares to lightnin´
@Owlyross
5 жыл бұрын
You can hear just about every single lick and progression that Eric Clapton uses in his Unplugged album in this video
@johnmartin2683
3 жыл бұрын
On P
@leswagstaff4908
8 жыл бұрын
Pure raw talent...
@johnr8820
4 жыл бұрын
They should be educating people with things like this in school. American culture at its finest.
@taurtue
5 жыл бұрын
The absolute king of the blues game.
@collj86
3 жыл бұрын
My uncle knew hopkins my uncle was known as the big king snake aka mr. shiznit He played a 12 string strung with pig intestines. He played real ole kentucky black ball blues Played alot in a major too
@theherbpuffer
3 жыл бұрын
This was swag long before that word was coined.
@jarrodanstine6074
5 жыл бұрын
The hands dont lie, but them fingers got some stories right there!!!
@jeffg329
11 жыл бұрын
hahahahaha no idea what the hell he says at the beginning. This dude is the best!
@cliffordpaul7643
2 ай бұрын
I've never recovered from the first notes I heard Lightning play. If guitars could play themselves they would do this
@Tacopusher
3 жыл бұрын
6:18 is everything music is about.
@clivenimmo3155
4 жыл бұрын
Happy with lighting man. N beer in my hand.
@goodun2974
4 жыл бұрын
I actually remember seeing Lightnin' playing on TV in the early 70s, on the Midnight Special show, I think it was; he played great but he was very unhappy with the bass player backing him up. If looks could kill that bassist would have been stone dead on the floor! [ edit: performance on Austin City Limits tv show].
@robsham
4 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/l21vzKVng6SdoWU - here's that session!
@goodun2974
4 жыл бұрын
@@robsham , yeah, I came across it myself a couple weeks ago, it was on the Austin City Limits TV show, not Midnight Special. Thanks for the link, doubtless many others here will enjoy it!
@damianbowyer6258
4 жыл бұрын
Terrific Blues fm Lightnin'.
@carlbowden4712
Ай бұрын
So excellent!!!
@juanferreira5931
Жыл бұрын
Plays the crap out of his guitar. Impressive!
@AnthonyMonaghan
5 жыл бұрын
God damn...the length if those fingers! What a natural.
@msaintpc
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how good he was.
@RichardSmithrsmithing
8 жыл бұрын
Dig the break at :52. Every note. Every beat. That's the stuff.
@zohrabensalem6815
4 жыл бұрын
Waouh!!!...first rock and roll!..
@detagalloway4710
2 жыл бұрын
The irrepressible Lightning!!!
@TheUnpaintedSouls
11 жыл бұрын
I'm going to get me a Mojo hand!
@nicolen.9642
5 жыл бұрын
Unpainted Souls Yep! I need one! 😂😂😂😓👍
@snorrevonflake
2 жыл бұрын
I am curious when exactly and what inspired him to start with that shuffle rhythm most see as his signature sound now - not a lick of that on any of his earlier recordings 40s/50s and that was already 20 years into his career.
@yiannilol
12 жыл бұрын
The tune is called baby scratch my back, my personal favorite of his aswell! cheers mate
@mississippibluestravellers5440
6 жыл бұрын
Good video. Thanks for posting this.
@pena.3302
Ай бұрын
Le Tecnquice..no 1 else could even ..
@music-xr4co
3 жыл бұрын
WOW!
@rollthelosingdice
9 жыл бұрын
1:00 badass
@FuzzyDancingBear
4 жыл бұрын
@Le Kapak oh cmon
@friendofbeaver6636
5 жыл бұрын
His left hand nails are a lot longer than I keep mine. Doesn't seem to slow "Lightnin'" down.
@bulldogmarketing17
4 жыл бұрын
I believe I have the same pickup on my Sigma/Martin. D'armond. Mine works great, over 40 years now.
@joe-cm9hy
4 жыл бұрын
You are correct. THE pickup at the time. A DeArmond. Several models made. I have a total collection of over 30 in several models. Some still in original boxes..never used.
@bernhardwasem6228
2 жыл бұрын
So good!!
@saxore850
8 жыл бұрын
so coool
@garyc2709
10 жыл бұрын
Check out Mance Lipscomb, the other beautiful guitar stylist from the same area of Texas. Must be something in the water.
@carlospardo3484
5 жыл бұрын
U can see both on Les Blank film "A well spent life"
@nicolen.9642
5 жыл бұрын
Gary C Thanks for posting. Yep! Mance Lipscomb is unbelievable! Maybe something in the air too...🎵🎵🎵
@goodun2974
4 жыл бұрын
@@nicolen.9642 theres a video on You Tube of [ Jesse Fuller ] playing guitar and performing with his "Fotdella". See the Golk Seattle channel. (I corrected my earlier mistake, it wasn't Mance Lipscomb).
@nicolen.9642
4 жыл бұрын
good 'un Thanks 👍🎵🎵🎵
@goodun2974
4 жыл бұрын
@@nicolen.9642 , I had a senior moment; there're plenty of Mance Lipscomb performances on KZitem, but it's actually Jesse Fuller who performed as a one-man band with the aid of his own invention, the "Fotdella" that he built himself. Check out the "Folk Seattle" channel on YT for a wide selection of blues performers, playing live in a TV studio. Son House, Bukka White, Elizabeth Cotten, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Joe Williams, Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Estes, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Mance Lipscomb, Jesse Fuller, and many more. Hours of awesome playing!
@johnieallen6115
10 жыл бұрын
awesome
@gilconidaambat5917
4 жыл бұрын
I just fixed my time machine. I am going back to the 60s to join Lightnin on his trip to louisiana. I have place for a few more LH fanatics. Let me know why you want to join. Beware there is no return ticket.
@goodun2974
4 жыл бұрын
No return ticket? That might be a feature, not a bug! Of course, I say this as a white man. Lightnin', and any other random black person for that matter, could clue me in on the totally different reality that existed in the South for anyone with dark skin. By the way, there's a movie about time-travel experiments titled "Safety Not Guaranteed". A good movie, and the title certainly fits your premise.
@WildWyomingImaging
4 жыл бұрын
Well, that wraps up the subject of guitar playing. Nothing to add. Next subject please.
@DZobe-nz7dl
4 жыл бұрын
Geeezus!
@melvinwren
4 жыл бұрын
anyone got origin of the phrase “cold ground was my bed, rocks for my pillow too.” is that from the bible or something? i mean its possible bob marley heard hopkins, but i feel like its more likely theres another source.
@holyspacemonkey
4 жыл бұрын
The earliest use of those words that I know of is by Roy Brown in his 1950 song “Hard Luck Blues.” Brownie McGhee also used it in “Living with the Blues” in 1958, a couple years before Lightnin’ first recorded “Mojo Hand.” But I don’t know if Roy Brown was quoting something else.
@007hankshark
3 жыл бұрын
DAMN!!!!!!!
@irishwanderer4206
5 жыл бұрын
what tuning is this Open D? Is there anywhere apart from Crossroads i could learn these chords lol and of course free music is music to me
@irishwanderer4206
5 жыл бұрын
@@LouisCrosland thank you it's such great music.
@dontgoout1434
Жыл бұрын
Standard tuning on all
@medoelwerfally
3 жыл бұрын
02:15 👉🏼🙄✌🏼
@HgVacuum
11 жыл бұрын
You do know that most of this was written well before Sweat Home Chicago right???
@habibabouzeid9947
4 жыл бұрын
I realy need the tabs
@vothesun
12 жыл бұрын
Looks to be standard tuning to me
@marcelvankins1
6 жыл бұрын
Scratch my back
@jamesperry5484
4 жыл бұрын
All these rappers need to learn something from a real musician
@pablito537
4 жыл бұрын
do you know in what tune the guitar is?
@grahambell4310
3 жыл бұрын
Standard tuning
@gregleonard9766
3 жыл бұрын
Its standard but he has his top and bottom strings slightly past E towards F...
@MrJaa358
4 жыл бұрын
Anyone know what kinda pickup he used?
@goodun2974
4 жыл бұрын
Might be a DeArmond, but I've seen a no-name Japanese made pickup that looked like that.
@hullygulley
8 жыл бұрын
Birthday today 3/15 ?
@josiahreece7612
4 жыл бұрын
That cocaine/heroin speedball he did before the show be hitting my man Lightning hard af sporadically through his performance. Lolol
@davidbigelow5372
4 жыл бұрын
.
@jordon666
12 жыл бұрын
......wtf was he talking about in the beginning.
@ehopkins2
10 жыл бұрын
I met when I was a little boy at my Aunt Flora's home in Mississippi he played for us and we danced til we couldn't stand anymore. I love you Uncle Lightnin' and will always remember your wise words.
@jeanpaulhopkins8112
6 жыл бұрын
ehopkins2 he is my uncle to.
@zatoichimasseur6767
5 жыл бұрын
@@jeanpaulhopkins8112 me 3
@jimroushing7534
4 жыл бұрын
ehopkins2 I would sure Love to own an old guitar of his... 😊👌
@bluestogreen1693
4 жыл бұрын
Wow! Your super lucky!
@naranjamunicipal8047
4 жыл бұрын
I have no nephews.
@JoRei953
7 жыл бұрын
every rock and blues guitarist playing today is indebted to Lightnin'
@msaintpc
2 жыл бұрын
Him and BB
@shaserv
3 ай бұрын
Shit, BB is indebted to Lighting.
@NoRosesForMe
12 жыл бұрын
Hes just the absolute best ever. I swear he almost makes me cry.
@robertozanconi1360
4 жыл бұрын
Nr.1, absolutely!
@lukedrnittis7614
3 жыл бұрын
Almost??
@kellimahoney9119
2 жыл бұрын
Lightning and jimmy got me thru adolescence
@davidstanton1261
Жыл бұрын
Gotta go out and get me a Mojo hand❣ Sing it Lightin'!
@jeffrey6244
10 жыл бұрын
I saw most of these guys in the sixties, even had breakfast at 2 a.m. with Sonny and Brownie, and now they're all gone, of all the blasted unfairness of the universe. Their works live on, though, and that has to suffice.
@ripme6616
4 жыл бұрын
You ain't lying either!!!
@acslaterlol
8 жыл бұрын
Lightin'' Hopkins was one cool son of a bitch
@kviz1111
Жыл бұрын
Ahead of his time would be a understatement
@lesrinehartlr
9 жыл бұрын
I had the memorable pleasure of seeing him in 77 ,he was the greatest bluesman to ever come out of Texas and as a fellow Texan I'm honored to say it...
@MercerSkate
9 жыл бұрын
I love when his pick flies off at the end of mojo hand. Too much lightnin'
@martlgr
9 жыл бұрын
I think it was his teeth lol
@user-us4nr6gv7f
9 жыл бұрын
+martlgr No It was his thumb pick.
@cwyattlewis
8 жыл бұрын
just points at it... coolest dude ever
@jamesperry5484
4 жыл бұрын
MercerSkate it sure did look like his teeth
@imaseeker100
10 жыл бұрын
mojo hand is tuned up to 'f''. maybe he didn't have a capo. eff'n fantastic. you cayn't learn you blues like this. its gotta be in your bones. what a national treasure.
@DonDeering
8 жыл бұрын
If it's in your bones, you still have to learn it, just comes faster and better. Thing is, if you think it's in you, you gotta study and develop it. You have to recognize it and understand what it is.
@cathbuck2870
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he seems to be tuned up half a step. I found that out transcribing Take Me Back.
@johnr8820
4 жыл бұрын
Cath Buck been trying to learn that one
@MidnightStorm4990
2 жыл бұрын
@@cathbuck2870thanks for this
@dontgoout1434
Жыл бұрын
Wrong
@omairsh8
3 жыл бұрын
Truly a one man band. Monster player
@alicevolk1262
4 жыл бұрын
(Judge) You been up before me before boy? (Po' Lightnin') I dunno Judge, what time d'ya get up? (Judge) Forty days
@aldito7586
4 жыл бұрын
The guy is beyond. 2007 or 2008 i bought his CD "Lightning Hopkins sings the blues". Destroyed me in the very best way...
@hammer9856
4 жыл бұрын
He definitely has those mojo hands... So much sound and emotion out of a single acoustic guitar... The soul of blues
@Tueros
8 жыл бұрын
Loved it! He really feels the blues!
@wolvros6040
5 жыл бұрын
I don’t understand how people thumbs down this video 🤷🏻♂️ Absolute legend lightnin
@nicolen.9642
5 жыл бұрын
R-KEEGAN-H The blues needs a revival. In 2019 the music has kinda lost its mojo precisely...😖 I play simple blues and I'm pretty isolated over here (France).
@goodun2974
4 жыл бұрын
@@nicolen.9642 , not necessarily a bad thing to be a big fish in a small pond, as far as "competition" goes....
@Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward
8 ай бұрын
Ba da da da hey da do. Ba da da hey da doo. Hey da doo hey da doo hey da doo hey dey bada heyda bop
@Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward
8 ай бұрын
Ba da doo heydey. Ba da doo hey dey. Bop.
@elmeromeromeromero2044
4 жыл бұрын
Guauuuuu,que músico, el que lleva la magia.. .
@marcelvankins1
6 жыл бұрын
Just him and his guitar
@BKsblues
8 жыл бұрын
what a showman- to bad we lack such talent now a days...
@michealjovanie7143
8 жыл бұрын
nobody lacks check gary clark jr
@Jerry11201
5 жыл бұрын
yeah, if you can't find good music in 2019, the fault isn't of the artist, who have been churning out music in a far more frequent and as broad as a spectrum than ever before, but of the listener who is too pretentious and lazy to do some digging of this current age. DO NOT just look at the mainstream.
@joegreaser
4 жыл бұрын
there is talent.. just not on display at the grammys
@slimbohernandez2827
4 жыл бұрын
my favorite musician ever. i can't never get bored.
@vol.9543
3 жыл бұрын
That was awesome. Love the history. And yes I totally get the bold color and style. The plastered walls are my favorite part.🤓
@robchrisj
4 жыл бұрын
Stunning, what a genius, wonderful artist.
@Colinshreds69
2 жыл бұрын
so badass
@detagalloway4710
2 жыл бұрын
Death is a wicked thing,;for how could He take someone Ike tis from Us?
@stellamoore2494
5 жыл бұрын
In 1965 a bunch of us got Lighting to play at the JCC in Houston. We had to chip in for a bottle of Gin and go pick him up.He was great and we were thrilled to hear him play.
@jamesperry5484
4 жыл бұрын
Stella Moore wow that’s cool stella
@doodlkatz
4 жыл бұрын
but not thrilled enough to pay him a decent and fair amount of money
@pentagramparsons
5 жыл бұрын
My first blues hero, first heard him when I was six years old. Thanks mom!
@epgiovannini2904
5 жыл бұрын
Boogie all night long, oh yea!
@LM-lv1hh
4 жыл бұрын
First time I noticed Lightning's songs seem like they got a little drinking involved. Sounds great. Like always
@QuangThichDuc
3 жыл бұрын
Like the man himself said, whiskeys the best drink in this world.
@snorrevonflake
2 жыл бұрын
@@QuangThichDuc Unfortunately on half of his later recordings he sounds as if he was so drunk that he could barely remember his own licks and struggles to keep the beat - few recordings with that energy and spot on like seen here.
@marcelvankins1
6 жыл бұрын
Great guy! Real southern blues
@ChavezRey
13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. The music just drips off him and I hope some lands on me!
@elhombreoculto6240
4 жыл бұрын
Alguien sería tan amable de escribirme esta letra al inglés?...yo hago algunas canciones de él,pero necesito ayuda con su letra,con ESFUERZO puedo cantarlo en inglés.
@barnabex
4 жыл бұрын
Superbe ! Génial ! Incomparable…
@murajacques5874
3 жыл бұрын
PUR BLUES Merci
@paharithrottle4110
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Fucking awsome!!!! It takes me back to that era of rock n roll , blues and vintage motorcycles
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