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Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life and Blues

Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life and Blues

Govenar, Alan

Paperback

MusiciansBlues & SoulMusic Reference

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ISBN10: 164160428X
ISBN13: 9781641604284
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: Sep 1 2020
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

2011 ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research for Best History

By the time of his death in 1982, Sam Lightnin' Hopkins was likely the most recorded blues artist in history. This brilliant biography--the first book ever written about him--illuminates the many contradictions of the man and his myth.

Born in 1912 to a poor sharecropping family in the cotton country between Dallas and Houston, Hopkins left home when he was only eight years old with a guitar his brother had given him. He made his living however he could, sticking to the open road, playing the blues, and taking odd jobs when money was short. This biography delves into Hopkins's early years, exploring the myths surrounding his meetings with Blind Lemon Jefferson and Texas Alexander, his time on a chain gang, his relationships with women, and his lifelong appetite for gambling and drinking.

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