Lightning Hopkins sings the poison blues

Tox Tunes #7 â Gin Bottle Blues

February 15, 2010, 8:43 am

The music of Sam âLightninâ Hopkins influenced many later artists, including Jimi Hendrix, Townes Van Zandt, and Stevie Ray Vaughn. He recorded prolifically â Amazon lists 191 Hopkins albums. Perhaps his most unusual disc is Freeform Patterns, on which Hopkins is backed by the rhythm section of the psychedelic rock band 13th Floor Elevators.

Another nice find from my Research Blogging judge's chair. Poison and blues. Cannot go wrong.

Posted via web from David Dobbs's Somatic Marker

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