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Da Sam John Hopkins, bessa bekannt ois Lightnin' Hopkins (* 15. Meaz 1912 z Centerville, Texas; † 30. Jenna 1982 z Houston, Texas) wor a amerikanischa Blues-Senga -Gitarrist und -Komponist. Es Rolling Stone Magazin hod in Hopkins ois Nummara 71 af da Listn vo de 100 gresstn Gitarristn vo oin Zeidn afgnumma.[1]
Da Robert "Mack" McCormick hod iba eam gsogt, "Hopkins is the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act".[2] (boarisch: "Da Hopkins is de Vakeaparung vom Geist vo Jazz-und-Lyrik, de oide Form vom ganzheidlichn Schepfa, wo Wort und Musi aus oan Guss san.")
1980 is da Lightnin' Hopkins in de Blues Hall of Fame afgnumma worn.
- ↑ Lightnin' Hopkins | Rolling Stone Music | Lists. Rollingstone.com. Abgerufen am 9. August 2010.
- ↑ Tony Russell: The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited 1997, ISBN 1-85868-255-X