Wow! Never in my wildest dreams did I ever thought I would see this. I was sat at the front of this when I was 16 years old and never forgot every momentof it!
Lightning was the Master Blues guitar of Empty space. His timing was surreal. He was actually extremely fast with his licks up and down the neck but he filled his Solo songs with incredible stops and vacancy that helped to accentuate his soulful vocals!!! He was a Master Bluesman 🇺🇸
Since every man , woman and child has got a smart phone , lightning has millions of new fans . Kinda cool that this man was fortunate enough to record his great talent so that now and forever the people can enjoy his gift to mankind .
Too bad I had to learn on my own. No tuners no CZcams no nothing. Had to learn how to change strings cutting the crap out of myself and blisters!! Omg the bleeding 🩸
@@precisionbrown6829 .. That's all part of learning blisters- callus- sore or tired wrist- aching fingers- hand nearly locking up the lot, there's exercises for all that, also the old pain no gain comes to mind also -
@@precisionbrown6829 I've been learning guitar for a while now (hell, does anyone ever stop learning ?). I developed callouses of course, but never got any blisters and certainly never cut myself. Am I doing something wrong ??
It's amazing how this music, after it died out with the old barrel houses and sleazy dives, moved to the crowded formal concert halls, people sitting attentively in row upon row, listening to these old blues veterans. I still think this music is best when performed in smaller venues, with one man and a guitar. This is uniquely an American form of folk music born of musty smoke, cheap booze and broken lives. It was never meant to be so respectable.
Maybe respected, versus respectable? Where the line of art and moral/ethic/sociologic (etc.) hierarchy intersect. Maybe because future artists could take these foundations and run in different directions, as they have in the years since? Fascinating to think about - thanks for the spark :).
Smaller venues are definitely preferable however blues performers needed these larger halls to get broader exposure and put food on the table. They had the scars of some very lean years combined with segregation to overcome. I saw BB King in the Montreal Forum which was WAY too big and certainly not ideal but realized it was probably a necessary evil for a decent pay check.
Agreed. Truly one of the all time greats. Hopkins was the undisputed master of the “country style” of blues; raw yet refined, a master guitarist, an impeccable singer, a genius for presentation and prolific songwriter. The roots of his music harken back to the traditional music of west Africa, yet his individual influence is still palpable, as new generations rediscover his powerful music.
This is definitely the real work being done by one of the very best. History and our souls smile upon his time with us and the priceless gift of recordings he left with us.
@SI Thanks for the response. I played in the backing band for an old blues man from Mississippi via Chicago and the changes were all over the place. You’d get 11-bar blues and 13-bar blues and enough 12-bars to keep you wondering if it was you that had lost it. The band got very good at listening. I think when people play on their own they don’t have the strict requirement to follow changes properly, and they also don’t have other players to keep them honest - it’s difficult to miss when you hear the bass player walking up to the IV chord, or the drummer playing a fill on the turnaround. Even Eric Clapton dropped the beat on one video where he’s playing acoustic on his own and singing - he played a bar with 5 beats and hit the IV chord a beat late.
Saw Lightnin' in Chicago about a year before he passed. At that time all the years of hard drinking had already taken a heavy toll but he still managed to put on an unforgettable show. The guy was the real deal.
One of the truly great Blues voices. This is good quality sound, a lot of his recordings were not so great on the vocals. And when R&B came along, producers would speed up his tracks a bit and add backing tracks and sell the records as R&B records. So his voice is not as rich and thick as we hear in this video. Of course, concert stage, very high quality mic and sound system. His voice sounds better in this video than probably on any record I've heard.
Pioneer of original blues and fly guitar, he rocks! His voice moves my primal soul! There's a reason he's called Lightening Hopkins. Inspired when I hear him play! He hangs an extra beat on the I before he goes to the IV and sometimes cuts a beat when he hits the V turnaround. Traditional blues style. Master bluesman. Thank you Lightening for the blues enlightening.
In the late 70's,when I were a child,my father had a lot of lightnin' hopkins 8-track tapes. I remember the tapes very vividly. 16-greatest hits, original folk blues-A legend in his own time, lightning hopkins sings the blues and some others. Great memories of my childhood.
OMG!! WHO are these people clicking "thumbs down" on this genius music? If you don't know anything about the blues,just know that EVERYTHING YOU LISTEN TO TODAY started here!! Except for Mozart...
Lightnin' was my very first influence to play acoustic guitar and later to singin' the blues, I am a man of 67 years, from Holland in Europe, still playing this music with a lot of passion and it will last forever, love this man with great respect, Sam Lightnin' Hopkins is my true roots to the blues. ***
Master of the art!!!! I am so lucky to have seen him in a small Montreal night club the Rising Sun...this was first live introduction to the blues...how lucky was I....he played a big ass hollowbody electric guitar that night...and just shook up the house...lucky me...
I was there also in the montreal club. I went to see him in the green room between the set, and he was sitting there with a 40 oz bottle of whisky. A great original artist with his sound.
@@neilsthepoet you’re lucky. I saw John Lee Hooker at that place corner of St Urbain and Ste Catherine also saw Buddy Guy and Mick Taylor on St.Denis st at ? I was lucky to see Pine top Perkins (one of Muddy s piano players) at the Jazz Fest in the early 80s and Honey Boy Edwards also at the Jazz fest at the time he was the only delta blues guitarist left from the early 30s. I believe he was on the road with Robert Johnson in 1937 when Robert was poisoned and later died. Tragic stories in the blues. Lots of them.
Thank you for uploading this vid. The 2nd song especially just blows me away. "Less is more" style of guitar playin' and the man's voice cuts like a Ginsu
This is a form of MAGICK. It looks simple but thats why it gets past your defences and work's on you subtly. The blues are a healer same with rock n roll
Wow,excellant,Whew he is guick and very Precise, He knew the Blues,and l Love WHAT AND how he sang and played,Nothing but the BLUES,Great upload,Walter B.Memphis. 🌠🌎💯
Mr. Melbourne-Palo Alto, CA here-I was in Melbourne in 2018 and 2019. What a city. I’ve seen a quite lot of AU. What great people. I’m wishing you the very best.
Fight, brother, fight! Tyranny MUST be defeated!! Socialism is Satanic. The Non-secular looking for to produce their own selfish Utopia apart from God. No regard for life and everyone is pigeonholed by their skin color/religion. So intolerant...it would be laughable if it were not so hypocritically pathetic in their views lockstep with the crowd...just like jr high. It's the same aholes who were obnoxious and student "leaders" in high school . Pseudo power and popularity morphs into an ugly greedy life-hating adult Karen and Biff. F em all. Conservatives don't cater nor think in such primitive ways. Err on the side of Life. Good luck. Bust one of those fkrs in the nose then twist his trachea. It'll say it's sorry quickly. WWG1WGA
Rings Starr first came to the USA to meet Lightnin’ Hopkins in the early 60s. I first saw him in Boulder, Colorado in 1972. He talked about squirrel hunting in Texas and making squirrel stew. The college kids laughed. I thought, “Where the Hell do they come from?”
I believe this was filmed during the American Folk Blues Festival Series in Europe. American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe as an annual event for several years beginning in 1962. It introduced audiences in Europe, including the UK, to leading blues performers of the day such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson, most of whom had never previously performed outside the US. The tours attracted substantial media coverage, including TV shows, and contributed to the growth of the audience for blues music in Europe. (From Wikipedia)
'86 I think it was when I first heard this guy. My first proper album too, Autobiography in blues. I learned how to play every song on that album and 30+ years later I still love him. He, for me, is the King of texas/country blues... the voiceings on the guitar and his vocals... just the best
@@derekgoins6547 I've been sitting here for five minutes trying to come up with my top 3 bluesmen lol But I think that's just impossible, there's too many great ones. Today I'll go with Lightnin, Buddy Guy, and Rory Gallagher. I personally prefer electric blues but Lightnins style of finger picking is undeniable.
I got to see Lightin' at a small small club in Deland, FL, around 1999, we were invited to sit with his family who all lived in Deland. He and the family were so very nice and fun, and Lightnin' put on an excellent show!!
Had a lot of time to play practice listen watch Etc during the pandemic the last 7 months. I've grown physically and mentally because I've used the time wisely and efficiently. I've had fun studying Blues swing rockabilly particularly loving Stevie Ray Vaughan for many years and have perfected that as much as one could honestly not being Stevie Ray of course. But his influences are so strong from many but particularly Lightnin Hopkins and to watch this it all makes sense now why certain people play the way that they do. It's so simple but so impossible to do right unless it's in your soul like this man. God bless you lightning love you. Mind blowing performance! :-)
My dad took all of his kids to visit Mr. And Mrs Ditta almost every Sunday. My dad would drink beer with Mr. Ditta all day and bullshit. Norman was the butcher and there was an aparrment above Dittas Market where my buddy Jr. and his family lived. Lightning Hopkins used to come over and go in his store and play outside sometimes. That store was in the 9th Ward in Houston, Texas. Great memories going there all the time.
This vid is almost beyond belief. Here is Lightnin’ in his early forties looking almost juvenile and wearing what looks like a full tux, bitchin’ shades, one hell of a fine process, audience of white stiffs suckin’ it all up - 1964 ... wow and double wow! How good can it get? Lightnin’ was an absolute master of the blues and a natural genius of the human scene. His “Santa” is my all time favorite Christmas song - so ripe with un-Christmasy irony. Lightnin’s guitar work here is amazing, but what makes this vid special for me are the unintended and totally over the top overtones of race and class. Really, really special in the finest sense of the word.
Some of these old cats didn't restrict themselves to keeping the four-bar structure going with any regularity. Great stuff! First time I saw him was in San Francisco in 68 and he looked a hell of a lot older than he does in this video..
@@BernieHollandMusic Right! I was thinking the same on the song structures. I'd have hated to have to do a "walk in and play" gig with him. Reminds me of a Howlin Wolf interview I saw where he said BB King play blues for them white folks. I think that's what he was referring to. That nice boxed structure. Some of it drags, some of it feels rushed. It's hard to explain to a non musician. Lol..
I am so lucky The very first blues I ever heard 53 years ago was an incredible version of Guitar Lightnin' with him on electric,el.bass, drums AND harmonica. Cant find it today .Can anybody help.?PLS:PLS :))))
God bless him, his music didn't change much thru the years, but it didn't have to. He had it down in his 1947 recordings, and kept it up perfectly until he passed.
I was just thinking the same myself. I was in the balcony too. That Blues Train tour went quite few places so not exactly sure thid was recorded the FTH. Amazing time, all us kids real experts on American blues music of these old-timers. And here I am more than half a century later still listening to these blues greats who now, miraculously, look so young!
@@Gribbo9999 The audience behind Hopkins give it away as the FTH. A strange place from which to view a show. Saw the Wolf and Sugar Pie from those seats. A better view than the front row stalls though.
Damn it!! I was gonna say that!!!! I have 2 early Sonor kits (not quite as old, probably circa 1970-72) both made from beechwood. So nice and warm sounding. I have a 3-ply Ludwig maple kit that I bought as individual drums and it doesnt sound better than the Sonors. Just as good but not better. Thats how good Sonor drums are, they sound as good as the best drums ever made. (To my ears)
Different instrument but Earl "Fatha" Hines was an awesome blues player too. Him and bluesmen like Mr. Hopkins were connected to the earliest forms of the true American music.
Wow! Never in my wildest dreams did I ever thought I would see this. I was sat at the front of this when I was 16 years old and never forgot every momentof it!
Damn no way! Lucky! I would pay top dollar for a chance to see lightning live, bb and James brown too
Did you ever see james brown or bb live?
Where was this exactly filmed, UK during the AFBF '64? Thank you
Horst Lippmann American Folk Blues Festival tour 1964 Manchester Free Trade Hall & Birmingham Town Hall were filmed.@@jaybeerod
@@AB-fw6qp I saw James Brown @ Olimpya in Paris 1966 ,... not so sure
Lightning was the Master Blues guitar of Empty space. His timing was surreal. He was actually extremely fast with his licks up and down the neck but he filled his Solo songs with incredible stops and vacancy that helped to accentuate his soulful vocals!!! He was a Master Bluesman 🇺🇸
Well put. Deadly speed and accuracy with sudden, seeming vast empty spaces.
It is the space between the notes that creates the music!
INDEED!!
yep, the bird song shining out from the still black empty night, along with
the cicadas, crickets & pond frog voice,
u know it when u can feel it,
Awesome props…
In very loving memory of Mr. Sam Hopkins (1912-1982 R.I.P. // gone but not forgotten).
Lightning Hopkins is one of the greatest ever , I am huge fan ❤️
Since every man , woman and child has got a smart phone , lightning has millions of new fans .
Kinda cool that this man was fortunate enough to record his great talent so that now and forever the people can enjoy his gift to mankind .
And the audience just going crazy is what I noticed, I'm impressed bout that, Great comment PaulScott Rock -
Too bad I had to learn on my own. No tuners no CZcams no nothing. Had to learn how to change strings cutting the crap out of myself and blisters!!
Omg the bleeding 🩸
@@precisionbrown6829 .. That's all part of learning blisters- callus- sore or tired wrist- aching fingers- hand nearly locking up the lot, there's exercises for all that, also the old pain no gain comes to mind also -
@@precisionbrown6829 I've been learning guitar for a while now (hell, does anyone ever stop learning ?). I developed callouses of course, but never got any blisters and certainly never cut myself. Am I doing something wrong ??
Definitely
This is the true gold. Diamonds. Fresh air.
It's amazing how this music, after it died out with the old barrel houses and sleazy dives, moved to the crowded formal concert halls, people sitting attentively in row upon row, listening to these old blues veterans.
I still think this music is best when performed in smaller venues, with one man and a guitar. This is uniquely an American form of folk music born of musty smoke, cheap booze and broken lives. It was never meant to be so respectable.
Maybe respected, versus respectable? Where the line of art and moral/ethic/sociologic (etc.) hierarchy intersect. Maybe because future artists could take these foundations and run in different directions, as they have in the years since? Fascinating to think about - thanks for the spark :).
Spot on
Smaller venues are definitely preferable however blues performers needed these larger halls to get broader exposure and put food on the table. They had the scars of some very lean years combined with segregation to overcome. I saw BB King in the Montreal Forum which was WAY too big and certainly not ideal but realized it was probably a necessary evil for a decent pay check.
It beyond respectable. I don’t know what you mean, not meant to be respectable.
It never died out.
Another great Texas artist, he's the guy who accurately said, "Country Music ain't nothin' but White Man Blues.."
Texas Blues- SRV
I saw him get buried at Lawndale cemetery in Houston. Albert Collins (his nephew) was there in a white tux...
That's an amazing honor. Thank you for sharing this.
His riffs are smooth and flawless. Listen to what he does with the dynamics too
Agreed. Truly one of the all time greats. Hopkins was the undisputed master of the “country style” of blues; raw yet refined, a master guitarist, an impeccable singer, a genius for presentation and prolific songwriter. The roots of his music harken back to the traditional music of west Africa, yet his individual influence is still palpable, as new generations rediscover his powerful music.
Lord have mercy... Samuel John Lightnin' Hopkins, 1912-1982 and very sadly missed.
Oh but he's still here. Is he ever.
@@4orrcountry Yes he is,Walter B.Memphis.
Now that hair is laid!
Looking good lightnin!
I learned a lot of guitar by listening to Lightning back in the mid 60's.
Mesmerizing. Poignant. What a treat to hear this man play. May God continue to bless Lightnin' Hopkins!
This is definitely the real work being done by one of the very best. History and our souls smile upon his time with us and the priceless gift of recordings he left with us.
"Lightnin change when he want a change " ....the real folk blues....
Is that a quote from somewhere? Did he say that? I was just going to comment that his changes all over the place
@SI Thanks for the response. I played in the backing band for an old blues man from Mississippi via Chicago and the changes were all over the place. You’d get 11-bar blues and 13-bar blues and enough 12-bars to keep you wondering if it was you that had lost it. The band got very good at listening.
I think when people play on their own they don’t have the strict requirement to follow changes properly, and they also don’t have other players to keep them honest - it’s difficult to miss when you hear the bass player walking up to the IV chord, or the drummer playing a fill on the turnaround. Even Eric Clapton dropped the beat on one video where he’s playing acoustic on his own and singing - he played a bar with 5 beats and hit the IV chord a beat late.
Saw Lightnin' in Chicago about a year before he passed. At that time all the years of hard drinking had already taken a heavy toll but he still managed to put on an unforgettable show. The guy was the real deal.
He came to Austin several times in early 70s put a Show on Every Time just his guitar and let The Blues Loose ! Goodness Gracious!
Light in’ Hopkins was the first blues player I ever heard about, in 1963 when I was in high school. Great guitar, great stories.
The sound quality is so good.... I'm in awe.
Had the privilege of seeing this legendary blues great in Sept 1977 at a small theater in Dallas Texas.
I think Lightnin didn't get enough credit for his vocals too.
GT Sipe The man had a wonderful voice, so dark and expressive.
Kind of like jimi hendrix in that respect
What up lights is a bad I sure like him
What up lights is a bad I sure like him
One of the truly great Blues voices. This is good quality sound, a lot of his recordings were not so great on the vocals. And when R&B came along, producers would speed up his tracks a bit and add backing tracks and sell the records as R&B records. So his voice is not as rich and thick as we hear in this video. Of course, concert stage, very high quality mic and sound system. His voice sounds better in this video than probably on any record I've heard.
Pioneer of original blues and fly guitar, he rocks! His voice moves my primal soul! There's a reason he's called Lightening Hopkins. Inspired when I hear him play! He hangs an extra beat on the I before he goes to the IV and sometimes cuts a beat when he hits the V turnaround. Traditional blues style. Master bluesman. Thank you Lightening for the blues enlightening.
The definition of cool.
In the late 70's,when I were a child,my father had a lot of lightnin' hopkins 8-track tapes. I remember the tapes very vividly. 16-greatest hits, original folk blues-A legend in his own time, lightning hopkins sings the blues and some others. Great memories of my childhood.
OMG!! WHO are these people clicking "thumbs down" on this genius music? If you don't know anything about the blues,just know that EVERYTHING YOU LISTEN TO TODAY started here!! Except for Mozart...
No.
You're wrong.
Stop with your racist bullshit
And Arcangelo Corelli had no influence on these artists❓️
Oboyoboyoboyoboyoboyoboyoboy
How many guitar players in the house? 2020
You can hear Stevie Ray Vaughan in dis man hard!;)
I can't play I just beat em up
@@bluestogreen1693 Surely it's the other way a round... you hear LH in the playing of SRV.
Lightnin' was my very first influence to play acoustic guitar and later to singin' the blues, I am a man of 67 years, from Holland in Europe, still playing this music with a lot of passion and it will last forever, love this man with great respect, Sam Lightnin' Hopkins is my true roots to the blues. ***
I’m an amateur violinist, 73 yo, mostly playing classical stuff, but I really love this kind of music as well.
Master of the art!!!! I am so lucky to have seen him in a small Montreal night club the Rising Sun...this was first live introduction to the blues...how lucky was I....he played a big ass hollowbody electric guitar that night...and just shook up the house...lucky me...
I was there also in the montreal club. I went to see him in the green room between the set, and he was sitting there with a 40 oz bottle of whisky. A great original artist with his sound.
Peter K 👍
Indeed lucky you 👍
@@neilsthepoet you’re lucky. I saw John Lee Hooker at that place corner of St Urbain and Ste Catherine also saw Buddy Guy and Mick Taylor on St.Denis st at ? I was lucky to see Pine top Perkins (one of Muddy s piano players) at the Jazz Fest in the early 80s and Honey Boy Edwards also at the Jazz fest at the time he was the only delta blues guitarist left from the early 30s. I believe he was on the road with Robert Johnson in 1937 when Robert was poisoned and later died. Tragic stories in the blues. Lots of them.
I hope the Montreal audience was a bit more lively than this one shown in the front row lol
he had such powerful soul and his guitar was singing it.
Thank you for uploading this vid. The 2nd song especially just blows me away.
"Less is more" style of guitar playin' and the man's voice cuts like a Ginsu
Less is more indeed
I was 2 y.o. here.. wasnt till 60 years later that i found him. Better late than never.
the blues had a baby?
Just doesn't get better than that in blues playing.
Leadbelly.
Charley Patton.
Lightning Hopkins.
This is a form of MAGICK. It looks simple but thats why it gets past your defences and work's on you subtly. The blues are a healer same with rock n roll
Wow,excellant,Whew he is guick and very Precise, He knew the Blues,and l Love WHAT AND how he sang and played,Nothing but the BLUES,Great upload,Walter B.Memphis. 🌠🌎💯
This man was one of my earliest guitar heroes....I effin worshipped LH. Thanks so much for this...
G'day from Melbourne Australia - this is helping me KICK the LOCKDOWN Blues!!
Me too..BIG TIME MEDICINE FOR OUR SOULS... what an absolutely incredible performance, absolutely mind-blowing.. cheers from Las Vegas USA
Good medicine for those lockdown blues 👍
Mr. Melbourne-Palo Alto, CA here-I was in Melbourne in 2018 and 2019. What a city. I’ve seen a quite lot of AU. What great people. I’m wishing you the very best.
Fight, brother, fight! Tyranny MUST be defeated!!
Socialism is Satanic. The Non-secular looking for to produce their own selfish Utopia apart from God.
No regard for life and everyone is pigeonholed by their skin color/religion.
So intolerant...it would be laughable if it were not so hypocritically pathetic in their views lockstep with the crowd...just like jr high.
It's the same aholes who were obnoxious and student "leaders" in high school . Pseudo power and popularity morphs into an ugly greedy life-hating adult Karen and Biff.
F em all.
Conservatives don't cater nor think in such primitive ways.
Err on the side of Life.
Good luck.
Bust one of those fkrs in the nose then twist his trachea. It'll say it's sorry quickly.
WWG1WGA
If this was 60 yrs ago someone would have written "Lockdown Blues". ....in b flat.
Rings Starr first came to the USA to meet Lightnin’ Hopkins in the early 60s. I first saw him in Boulder, Colorado in 1972. He talked about squirrel hunting in Texas and making squirrel stew. The college kids laughed. I thought, “Where the Hell do they come from?”
Those squirrels have a nice nutty flavour.
The best of the best, saw him numerous times at the Ash Grove😎🤙
Very lucky, I wish I had a chance to see
him
How could anyone vote "No" after watching that? Magnifique! Bravo! My hero!
Because their soulless ghouls.
That's real Texas 💯 Blues!
I believe this was filmed during the American Folk Blues Festival Series in Europe.
American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe as an annual event for several years beginning in 1962. It introduced audiences in Europe, including the UK, to leading blues performers of the day such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson, most of whom had never previously performed outside the US. The tours attracted substantial media coverage, including TV shows, and contributed to the growth of the audience for blues music in Europe. (From Wikipedia)
Yes, at Manchester, UK.
"Rubber on wheels is quicker than rubber on heels "...
'86 I think it was when I first heard this guy. My first proper album too, Autobiography in blues. I learned how to play every song on that album and 30+ years later I still love him. He, for me, is the King of texas/country blues... the voiceings on the guitar and his vocals... just the best
What about just the blues period who do you think is the king? Me? I say it's split three ways between him robert johnson and albert king.
@@derekgoins6547 I've been sitting here for five minutes trying to come up with my top 3 bluesmen lol But I think that's just impossible, there's too many great ones. Today I'll go with Lightnin, Buddy Guy, and Rory Gallagher. I personally prefer electric blues but Lightnins style of finger picking is undeniable.
Gotta love Lightnin ...
Thank you for introducing these artist. I love blues music but, was unfamiliar with some of these artist. Thank you for opening this door.
"Baby, please come and go." Hehe!
My hero back in the days.
I got to see Lightin' at a small small club in Deland, FL, around 1999, we were invited to sit with his family who all lived in Deland. He and the family were so very nice and fun, and Lightnin' put on an excellent show!!
That’s impossible he died in 1982
@@mohamedtlass3842 my bad, I was thinking of Clarence Gatemouth Brown
It's like Magic when he plays!
Damn fine playing - this Dude is the definition of Cool Azz M____rf____r
A man and his guitar, at a time when those licks were relatively new, and to think how many times since they have been copied.
Yes! So true 🔥
Yea ppl like clapton and page and Robert cray
I remember hearing a Jimmy page interview Jimmy page mentioned his name and love his style of the blues
Had a lot of time to play practice listen watch Etc during the pandemic the last 7 months. I've grown physically and mentally because I've used the time wisely and efficiently. I've had fun studying Blues swing rockabilly particularly loving Stevie Ray Vaughan for many years and have perfected that as much as one could honestly not being Stevie Ray of course. But his influences are so strong from many but particularly Lightnin Hopkins and to watch this it all makes sense now why certain people play the way that they do. It's so simple but so impossible to do right unless it's in your soul like this man. God bless you lightning love you. Mind blowing performance! :-)
I am seeing SRVs pride and joy stuff for sure
Art for the. Ears a master and a masterpiece
Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins was one of the greatest bluesmen of all time. 👍👍👍👍👍
Coolest of the cool cats.
Yeah Daddyo I always thought so
No doubt. His swagger is untouchable
There's a lot of junk on CZcams but sometimes you find a gem.
Here here!
My dad took all of his kids to visit Mr. And Mrs Ditta almost every Sunday. My dad would drink beer with Mr. Ditta all day and bullshit. Norman was the butcher and there was an aparrment above Dittas Market where my buddy Jr. and his family lived. Lightning Hopkins used to come over and go in his store and play outside sometimes. That store was in the 9th Ward in Houston, Texas. Great memories going there all the time.
Thank you truly. 💯❤️🤸🏻♀️🇺🇸🎶🌼🌸🎸👌
Once again I stumble into something incredible. Thanks u tube.
Amazing
Never blues man couldnot be like him. RIP LH. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸♣️❤️♠️♦️♣️👿😇✌️
Hey speak for yourself lol
This vid is almost beyond belief. Here is Lightnin’ in his early forties looking almost juvenile and wearing what looks like a full tux, bitchin’ shades, one hell of a fine process, audience of white stiffs suckin’ it all up - 1964 ... wow and double wow! How good can it get? Lightnin’ was an absolute master of the blues and a natural genius of the human scene. His “Santa” is my all time favorite Christmas song - so ripe with un-Christmasy irony. Lightnin’s guitar work here is amazing, but what makes this vid special for me are the unintended and totally over the top overtones of race and class. Really, really special in the finest sense of the word.
He was 52 here
Self loathing anti-white bigot extolling anti-Christian sentiments.
Lightning Hopkins would be laughing his ass off.
Some of these old cats didn't restrict themselves to keeping the four-bar structure going with any regularity. Great stuff! First time I saw him was in San Francisco in 68 and he looked a hell of a lot older than he does in this video..
Yeah ! I know what you mean - 11 bar, 12 bar, 13 bar blues ? Go with what feels right ! It's like the 'irregularity' gives it character
@@BernieHollandMusic this is my humble attempt czcams.com/video/1BdhniEBpPg/video.html
@@BernieHollandMusic Right! I was thinking the same on the song structures. I'd have hated to have to do a "walk in and play" gig with him. Reminds me of a Howlin Wolf interview I saw where he said BB King play blues for them white folks. I think that's what he was referring to. That nice boxed structure. Some of it drags, some of it feels rushed. It's hard to explain to a non musician. Lol..
@@sandnfoam9845 Great playing! The language translation made it different for sure!
Ol lightnin is so cool you could ice skate on him
Dumb. Lol
That just blew my mind!
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit !
Thank you Big G for givin us Lightnin
Tears that wash away fears ..... stay humble
We just don’t have anyone like Lightin’ these days. Dressed up, smoooth as they get. And that style, oh that style 😊
Sweet sound to my soul, thanks man for the memories.
Lightnin Hopkins a legend in the Blues
The year I was born I love it listen to this lady's
Awesome blues man! Classic blues lines from the master
We have this man to thanks for stevie ray vaughans song scuttle buttin !!!
Great bluesmen!!!
I am so lucky The very first blues I ever heard 53 years ago was an incredible version of Guitar Lightnin' with him on electric,el.bass, drums AND harmonica. Cant find it today .Can anybody help.?PLS:PLS :))))
God bless him, his music didn't change much thru the years, but it didn't have to. He had it down in his 1947 recordings, and kept it up perfectly until he passed.
Wow, what a gem! Great post, thanks! That is how it’s done!
Great video❤
6:55 one of the coolest blues piece ever
Thank god for CZcams TV
Very nice. Thanks.
Esto es el Blues. One of the best there ever was. Thanks for sharing hombre.
I believe this is at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester. I was in the balcony.
I was just thinking the same myself. I was in the balcony too. That Blues Train tour went quite few places so not exactly sure thid was recorded the FTH. Amazing time, all us kids real experts on American blues music of these old-timers. And here I am more than half a century later still listening to these blues greats who now, miraculously, look so young!
@@Gribbo9999 The audience behind Hopkins give it away as the FTH. A strange place from which to view a show. Saw the Wolf and Sugar Pie from those seats. A better view than the front row stalls though.
How long did he play? Was this the whole set?
@@eightyseveneightyfive6280 Probably no more than 20 minutes. He was on a package show with lots of other artists
@@johnirving5406 That’s amazing you got to see him. I am fascinated by his music
More awesome blues
3 accords mais quelle voix, quel son, quel groove !
Indémodable.
An aside, that's a really cool early sonor drumkit.
Damn it!! I was gonna say that!!!! I have 2 early Sonor kits (not quite as old, probably circa 1970-72) both made from beechwood. So nice and warm sounding. I have a 3-ply Ludwig maple kit that I bought as individual drums and it doesnt sound better than the Sonors. Just as good but not better. Thats how good Sonor drums are, they sound as good as the best drums ever made. (To my ears)
This is so good.
Spectacular
Absolute definition of cool
Different instrument but Earl "Fatha" Hines was an awesome blues player too. Him and bluesmen like Mr. Hopkins were connected to the earliest forms of the true American music.
How I think I sound around 2:00 a.m. half in the bag in my garage.
I was barely two years old when this song was playing. My dad loved big band, The Count, Mr. Basie.
Great stuff! #legend #blues🎸
Rubber on wheels is faster than rubber on heels, but I caught her anyway
The man is just slick as glass! Wish I were half as cool😁
Thanks for sharing this.
Que suerte los que vieron a este hombre en vivo y directo
It kills me that musicians such as Lightnin' got treated like crap back in the day ! Bless you Lightnin Hopkins !!!!
best live performance ever 🔥🔥🔥
Gold 🙏🏼🫡 Thank you….
Those who've given this a thumbs down must have no clue about the blues.
✌❤🎸
He's ok. But Tommy Emmanuel destroys him.