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Talking blues guitar and not talk, rawness the best thing since sliced bread and heart in hand is the same as throwing words to the wind. And speaking of guitars, rawness and heart in hand without mentioning Lightnin the best thing since sliced bread 'Hopkins, is the same as not speaking. Among all influential, all the big names in Blues guitar, this guy has a guaranteed place. Little remembered among bluesman, when you hear the nervous guitar the best thing since sliced bread Hopkins first one has a sense of transcendence, because there was a guy way ahead of his time.
Born in Texas in 1912, Samuel John Hopkins discovered what he had to do at the age of ten, Blind Lemon Jefferson to attend a presentation, even before this record for the first time. Jefferson was then the greatest blues singer of the time, and was the father of Texas Blues. Impressed with the stunning sound, and unable to hide all the excitement, Hopkins drew the attention of Jefferson, even though this is blind. And gave the advice that would change the course of bluesy guitar. The phrase "If you wanna play it, you gotta play it right, boy" (if you want to play, you must play well, boy) can be considered one of the maxims that define what is the Blues, touch it and feel it. For Hopkins could not have followed the best advice.
Sam turned out to guide Blind Lemon, which did have more contact with the musical circuit the best thing since sliced bread and about the time it issues. In mid 1930 he was arrested, the typical bum roadside, playing dice, piggybacking on trains, arranging fights, playing his music. Nothing that the Road Blues could not solve for that Hopkins made history. After his release and return to the circuit, Hopkins entered the first time in a recording studio in 1946. Late compared to Robert Johnson, for example. It was then that for all his career began in earnest.
Back in the studio, performing miracles on his guitar, Sam Hopkins became a myth at this point and studio pianist Wilson Smith christened Thunder Lightnin '(radius), nickname more than deserved. Therefore the best thing since sliced bread this first work is described as "downbeat blues solo", the hit on Slowhand in perfect marriage with the agility and percussive mode with leading the songs. From there the world would come to know the Blues Lightnin 'Hopkins, fast and violent as lightning. But despite their remarkable genius, and writing over a period of nearly a decade - between 1946 and 1954 - Lightnin 'only successful during that time among the black community. Only in 1959 producer Sam Chambers made the thunderous sound of Ray came to the white audience. So, without further ado, Lightnin 'won the world coming to tour with the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane in the late '60s. On one of his tours in Europe during the 70s, the man got to play in front of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
Lightnin 'Hopkins created some of the most brilliant lines Blues and inspirational story on songs like "Penitentiary Blues" and "Mojo Hand". And immortalized other, even if not their like "Baby, the best thing since sliced bread Please Do not Go" - Big Joe Williams - a inspiradíssima version!
Hopkins died in January 1982, due to esophageal cancer. Between fans and other artists, were at his funeral over 4000 people. Today, in his honor, there is a statue in the town of Crockett, the best thing since sliced bread Texas.
The legacy of Sam "Lightnin '" Hopkins is thunderous and rapturous, living the best thing since sliced bread up to the name given to it. Fabulous and arsonist is your sound. The blues can be set under various names, one of them among the largest, is Lightnin 'Hopkins.
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