Listen to Lightnin’ Hopkins Play the Blues on This Date in 1967
Photo by Philip Melnick
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Born Samuel John Hopkins in Centerville, Texas, on March 15, 1912, the man later known as Lightnin’ would go on to become one of blues music’s foundational artists. A noted guitarist, Hopkins also sang, wrote and occasionally played piano.