Lightnin' Hopkins
Biography
Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Slowhand
1977
The Grateful Dead
1967
Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
1977
Hot Tuna
1970
History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice)
1973
Live At Keystone
1973
Ssssh.
1969
Johnny Winter
1969
Lightnin' Strikes
1962
24 Nights
1991
The Great Blues Men
1972
First Pull Up, Then Pull Down
1971
Whites Off Earth Now!!
1986
Major Moves
1984
Burning Hell
1964
Mojo Hand
1962
Lightnin' Hopkins
1959
Together Again...Live
1976
Memphis, Tennessee
1970
Buddy And The Juniors
1970
Lightnin' Hopkins
1969
Free Form Patterns
1968
Goin' Away
1963
Blues In My Bottle
1961
Credited work
2,198 releases · 474 albums · active 1952–2026
- Performance · 4,760
- Other credits · 210
- Production · 2
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Fillmore East · Nola Recording Studios · ACA Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Lightning Hopkins
- Grateful Dead
- Dion (3)
- Hot Tuna
- Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Merl Saunders
- Parov Stelar