The short avoids explicit biography, choosing instead to record intimate musical moments and the ambient humanity of hopkins worldit even credits. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins facebook watch. Hopkins was active musically until his death in 1982 of esophageal cancer. Its easy to hear that players like buddy holly, carl perkins, and scotty moore owe a considerable debt to lightnin hopkins style which is what attracted me to this video in the first place. Includes performances at an outdoor barbeque and a black rodeo. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins 1969 les blank films. The great texas bluesman lightnin hopkins is captured brilliantly in this deeply moving film.
With remarkable intimacy, blank captures his music and musings the blues is just a funny feelin, yet people call it a mighty bad disease in this celebration of a legend that doubles as a portrait of the people and culture of houston, txcaptured vividly at a bbq and an allblack rodeo. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins, a film by les blank. Hopkins had another cousin, the texas electric blues guitarist frankie lee. Da sam john hopkins, bessa bekannt ois lightnin hopkins 15. From the movie called the blues accordin to lightnin hopkins i hope this is allowed to stay here on youtube forever. A portrait of the great texas bluesman, lightnin hopkins. The international festival of ethnographic films nuoro, sardinia, italy, 1998 i grew up in tampa, florida in a white, uppermiddle class home and distinctly remember the first live music.
The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins dvd les blank films. And davis has also plumbed the depths of another great blues player, lightnin hopkins, on deep texas blues. The blues according to lightnin hopkins 1970 internet archive. Apart from being a blues guitar virtuoso, ernie hawkins is the foremost guitar style imitator of all the blues giants. Legendary houston bluesman, sam lightnin hopkins was an icon of american music. Lightnin hopkins licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of fantasy records. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins filmed by les blank. Throughout his career, lightnin hopkins, born sam john hopkins, was prolific. This 2dvd set is a followup to his first volume on the style of hopkins. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins 1969 directed. See more ideas about country blue, blues music and music. Through the 1960s and into the 1970s, he released one or sometimes two.
Much of it was protest songs by singersongwriters of the 60s, but also featured very special people on tour, like blues singers brownie mcgee and sonny terry and my favorite, lightnin hopkins. Smokes like lightnin the great electric show and dance. Deep texas bluesthe early blues of lightnin hopkins 2. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
Listen to your favorite songs from blues train by lightnin hopkins now. Po lightnin cd edition smithsonian folkways recordings. He has also put out dvds on mance lipscomb and blind willie mctell. Samuel john lightnin hopkins march 15, 1912 january 30, 1982 was an american. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins nov 27, 2004. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins is an american documentary from 1970, so this one is already almost 50 years old now and it is an early, but not very early career effort by director les blank. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. This has been my way to the blues, through country and folk. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins the official. The blues accordin to lightin hopkins nr, 31 min documentary. Blues accordin to lightnin hopkins library of congress. During hopkins career, it is estimated that he recorded hundreds of songs, gaining a large following in the african american and blues communities. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins 1968, directed by les blank and. By the time of his death in 1982, sam lightnin hopkins was likely the most recorded blues artist in history.
Les blank reveals the inspiration of great texas bluesman lightnin hopkins, and features a generous helping of classic blues, including the songs, mr. Check out the video clip below for an excellent 30miniute documentary, capturing the life of legendary blues singerguitarist sam lightnin hopkins. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Here he takes us in one of his many short films, certainly one of his more known, to texas into the world of blues musician lightnin hopkins. On the making of the blues according to lightnin hopkins. Of all the influential texas blues men, none were more prolific than sam lightnin hopkins, who over the course of his career, recorded for nearly 20 different labels. The famous bluesmans stellar recordings for tradition epitomized lightnins spare country blues which was in contrast to the brash and bold chicago blues so commercially appealing at the time. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins 2014, texas blues, documentary, bdrip 720p. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins 2014, texas. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Yeah, you know it aint but the one thing, you know this black man done was wrong yeah, you know it aint but the one thing, you know this b. From start to finish, the blues accordin to lightnin hopkins, does nothing but show hopkins perform, talk and fish and yet, by the end, we have a full picture of the man and his music. The new york times described him as one of the great country blues singers and perhaps the greatest single influence on rock guitar players.
The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins 1970 subtitles. It should only contain pages that are lightnin hopkins albums or lists of lightnin hopkins albums, as well as subcategories containing those things. Earlier films about blues artists tended to be a lot more formal, usually based around a performance staged specially for the cameras. June 6, 2018 clip from the blues accordin to lightnin hopkins a documentary film by les. The film begins depicting hopkins as a young boy at the point that he decides to become a musician and goes on to show lightnin as an adult in 1970, performing his very own version. His stark, functional guitar style and rich texas drawl made his work instantly recognizable. I read several interviews where he talked about his great admiration for lightnin hopkins. Lightnin started his career singing on houstons street corners for change and drink and his best performances are those intimate concerts. Arhoolie records founder chris strachwitz has credited the music of samuel lightnin hopkins with providing the emotional experience that led to his decision to form arhoolie records in 1960.
Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. On the making of the blues accordin to lightnin hopkins. Lightnin hopkins is many peoples idea of what a bluessinger should be. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the blues according to lightnin hopkins near you. Blues train by lightnin hopkins on amazon music unlimited. The blues acordin to lightin hopkins, a portrait of the great texas bluesman, lightnin hopkins. Lightnin hopkins nothin but the blues 1960 theunforgettablestv. Hopkins had been a prolific recording artist in the decade following his first sessions in 1948.
Samuel john lightnin hopkins march 15, 1912 january 30, 1982 was an american country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from centerville, texas. The making of the blues according to lightnin hopkins by les blank written for the program ix. Johnny b goodechuck berrywhite lightningeorge jonesoldies country acoustic covers 2016. The great texas bluesman lightnin sam hopkins is captured brilliantly in this deeply moving story. The inheritor of a blues tradition that went back to blind lemon jefferson and texas alexander, he was an idiosyncratic musician, at his best when playing. Join our email list for the latest news from smithsonian folkways recordings. This brilliant new biographythe first book ever written about himilluminates the many contradictions of the man and his myth.
Likable short documentary features the great texas blues singer lightnin hopkins. Priceless footage of sam lightnin hopkins at home and with other bluesmen like mance lipscomb. Topics about lightnin hopkins albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins dangerous minds. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins is dated 1968, and captures a group of aging blues musicians and a community for whom blues music was still part of the texture of everyday life. Rolling stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time the musicologist robert mack mccormick opined that hopkins is the embodiment of the jazzandpoetry spirit. The very best of lightnin hopkins lightnin hopkins on allmusic 2000 pruning 16.
Lightnin hopkins nothin but the blues video dailymotion. Lightnin hopkins, mance liscomb, billy bizor, ruth blues ames. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins full documentary. Dec 9, 2015 sam john hopkins, better known as lightnin hopkins, was an american country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and occasional pianist, from houston, texas.
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