We drove up to Berkeley in 1965 to see Lightnin'. He played and sang mostly on guitar, sometimes piano. Around 12:30 a.m. the theater manager came on stage and tried to close the place down according to a Berkeley city statute, but Lightnin' would have none of it. He kept moving from the guitar to the piano while the manager tried to corral him and the audience whooped and hollered. What i remember is what's in this video, that he loved the music and was one with it, a deeply magnetic, genuinely soulful man.
@AnandaGarden ~ starting about 1963 Lightnin' had a 30 minute TV show Monday through Friday afternoons on a Houston TV station. He would play guitar & tell stories. When my parents gave me a guitar I tried to learn some of what Lightnin' was doing. That was very difficult because he had crazy long fingers that allowed him to easily span several frets, which I couldn't do. My beloved parents & Lightnin' are buried in the same Houston cemetery. And I will be there too.
"Y'all 'scuse me for hollerin' but I'm gonna be happy." There is no one alive today that comes close to being as cool as Lightin' was. "Lode ha' moisey"
One of his eras most recorded artists ( thankfully 😁) The reason for this was, he would sign a contract with one label, then go and record an album with another! He broke all the rules, didn't give a damn. True bluesman, nothin but the blues❤️
One of the most iconic live blues performances I've seen....Hopkins is the flip side of Hooker...One is active and one is brooding...Give Midnight lightin' his credit👍👍
Lightnin Hopkins was the best BLUES PLAYERS to ever pick up a guitar 🎸 and sing the blues, he was a master, true entertainer, his music touches your soul, nobody can play like Lightnin, he was the BEST, JESUS WONT YOU COME BY HERE, MY FAVORITE BY LIGHTNIN, REST IN PEACE.
@@smoothoperator7023 you just picked my two life long blues favourites,it never once occurred to me to compare them though. Lightning and Bo Diddley were the two coolest cats that ever lived. Elmore was the man the electric guitar was invented for.
@@stewartfenton7660 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 yes & yes!! they're just the tip of my iceburg! Also love Mississippi Fred McDowell(another slide master), Junior Kimbrough & Mississippi John Hurt.
WHEW!!! This is the blues ya'll!! OMG, I just **cannot** for the life of me comprehend how people in the audience were able to stay seated or not shout out during the performance, LOL! Whoa, I was dancing, shouting and "bluesy head shaking" all over the place over here! Wow, this man was a true legend with unconquerable talent and skill, and I feel so blessed to be fortunate enough to see this Master at his craft! Thanks so much for the upload, GinBottleBlues! XX.
I agree!...think most had literally never heard anything like this before, plus the cool kids were probably in the back checking it out :). The applause is amazing though, Lightnin' felt that.
Both these songs are similar to stuff I've got on different Lightnin LP's. But he was always coming up with new words, changing things around. Like so many older blues singers and songsters. RIP Lightnin and Bo,the two coolest cats ever lived. Yes I know I keep saying that.
Here he plays with a pickup through an amp, imo his whole approach to the guitar is an electric one, even before the 60s, listen to the goldstar recordings for example.
God loves me. I startwd playing guitar 54 yeas ago listening to Guitar Lightnin' . Puraly by chance, my dad recorded a gtr. bass. drums AND Harmonica version of the song, from İstanbul Technical University FM radio, which I unfortunately can not find anywheretoday , except note for note memory in my mind, Anyone? Pls Pls let me know:))))
I have noticed out of all the guitar greats of any genre if you watch their fingers no matter how fast they play they never really seem to move too much?
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Sound good to me after over 45 years. I am 88 years old . April 10 1934 Birthdate was just last week.
Happy Birthday
mi
Sounds good to me too. Happy birthday Ms.Fields ....many more. 💕🙏🕊️😎
Happy upcoming birthday man. Same day as my mom's birthday she passed 13 years ago. She is wishing you one too.
Happy birthday
We drove up to Berkeley in 1965 to see Lightnin'. He played and sang mostly on guitar, sometimes piano. Around 12:30 a.m. the theater manager came on stage and tried to close the place down according to a Berkeley city statute, but Lightnin' would have none of it. He kept moving from the guitar to the piano while the manager tried to corral him and the audience whooped and hollered. What i remember is what's in this video, that he loved the music and was one with it, a deeply magnetic, genuinely soulful man.
😍
@AnandaGarden ~ starting about 1963 Lightnin' had a 30 minute TV show Monday through Friday afternoons on a Houston TV station. He would play guitar & tell stories. When my parents gave me a guitar I tried to learn some of what Lightnin' was doing. That was very difficult because he had crazy long fingers that allowed him to easily span several frets, which I couldn't do. My beloved parents & Lightnin' are buried in the same Houston cemetery. And I will be there too.
What a way cool story !!!
if ole lightnin is the greatest bluesman ever is open for debate. But what isn,t open for debate is he was the coolest mutha to walk this earth
Lightnin will live forever for those who really love the blues!!
Real Talk!
The greatest, with Missippi John Hurt
AMEN!!!
Yea , I can hear him now
No se inglés pero si tengo oídos y sigo la música desde la orilla del misisipi hasta haora.
"Y'all 'scuse me for hollerin' but I'm gonna be happy." There is no one alive today that comes close to being as cool as Lightin' was. "Lode ha' moisey"
This ain't no BS. 2007. Really low on food and cash. I got this CD "Lightnin' Hopkins sings the blues". - "And it kept me perfect company". :)
Wonderful to see all the crowd quiet and then give Mr Hopkins huge applause.
One of his eras most recorded artists ( thankfully 😁)
The reason for this was, he would sign a contract with one label, then go and record an album with another!
He broke all the rules, didn't give a damn.
True bluesman, nothin but the blues❤️
Nobody did a blues shuffle like Lightnin did
One of the best musicians and entertainers...PERIOD!. Plus, he was the essence of cool.
Who needs a band? That's some amazing playing.
That deep voice, one of a kind! Mr. Hopkins one of the best blues Kings ever!
Don't even get me started with the guitar playing
All his phraseology and subtleties are so killer!
"Its not so bad.." coolest cat ever
One of the most iconic live blues performances I've seen....Hopkins is the flip side of Hooker...One is active and one is brooding...Give Midnight lightin' his credit👍👍
I heard him sing in a coffee House in 1965.
The most underrated blues voices and guitarists in the genre.
BS . He is celebrated by all blues fans world wide . You must stop saying that every time you see someone new to You .
@@duelenigma7732 he's not new to me, I've been a fan since the late seventies you dweeb.
@@duelenigma7732dude ik right 😂 everyone knows muddy and lighting are the top dogs when it comes to old blues
Just as cool as you can get. He’s so Great” because, he’s not just singing the Blues, He lived the Blues.
Lightnin Hopkins was the best BLUES PLAYERS to ever pick up a guitar 🎸 and sing the blues, he was a master, true entertainer, his music touches your soul, nobody can play like Lightnin, he was the BEST, JESUS WONT YOU COME BY HERE, MY FAVORITE BY LIGHTNIN, REST IN PEACE.
Acoustic yes! I'd go with Elmore James for electric/slide guitar.🔥
@@smoothoperator7023 you just picked my two life long blues favourites,it never once occurred to me to compare them though. Lightning and Bo Diddley were the two coolest cats that ever lived. Elmore was the man the electric guitar was invented for.
@@stewartfenton7660 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 yes & yes!! they're just the tip of my iceburg! Also love Mississippi Fred McDowell(another slide master), Junior Kimbrough & Mississippi John Hurt.
@@smoothoperator7023 now you are talking, John Hurt especially,though he goes back further than the blues.
Some things and people are just cooler than hell. Would have loved to see Lighting.
I was in a car park in Aldus Cardigan about two years ago playing Lightning, when this woman came running up and said play me more.what can you say!.
Po’ Lightnin’ was the best.
Coolest man to walk the planet?
Aj M him and Bo Diddley
Him and Johnny Guitar Watson!
Ha ha ha ha ha
Not really
I always get goose bumps when this man walks out on the stage
Some of the sounds Lighting Hopkins can get from an acoustic are truly amazing !
L Hopkins ,T " Bone" Walker and Luther Johnson .The Best de Blues
Here again, like I was last week. Pure genius. I wonder if the crowd knew what they were witnessing?
LIGHTNIN HOPKINS,IS THE TRUE BLUESMAN,THE TEXAS,DELTA MISS,SOUND, like SRV,J.WINTER,BEST BLUES EVER.😎🎸🔊🎶☮️ BOB.
SRV, and J. Winter were imitators not innovator's of their own sound within the genre. Stop elevating the children before the parents.
King of Centerville tx
as ayoung man he went to I45 and said dallas or houston.....he went south!
I never tire of this man's music.😇✌️
Beautiful...master of his art form ...things he can express in tone and control..no one else can
WHEW!!! This is the blues ya'll!! OMG, I just **cannot** for the life of me comprehend how people in the audience were able to stay seated or not shout out during the performance, LOL! Whoa, I was dancing, shouting and "bluesy head shaking" all over the place over here! Wow, this man was a true legend with unconquerable talent and skill, and I feel so blessed to be fortunate enough to see this Master at his craft! Thanks so much for the upload, GinBottleBlues! XX.
I agree!...think most had literally never heard anything like this before, plus the cool kids were probably in the back checking it out :). The applause is amazing though, Lightnin' felt that.
Brits man, stiff upper lip
The prototypical bluesman. Wonderful.
Both these songs are similar to stuff I've got on different Lightnin LP's. But he was always coming up with new words, changing things around. Like so many older blues singers and songsters. RIP Lightnin and Bo,the two coolest cats ever lived. Yes I know I keep saying that.
He was a beast on the guitar
We have never had a more beautiful voice to sing the blues
Crazy how he can make some of those single notes ring on acoustic like that.
L M I believe he sounds even better on acoustic than electric.
And that's saying something.
Listen to" watch my fingers" if you haven't already.
Here he plays with a pickup through an amp, imo his whole approach to the guitar is an electric one, even before the 60s, listen to the goldstar recordings for example.
A ggod pıck up on a good acoustic guitar can be better than any electric :))))
Wow dont stop!
🎤😎🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵 Me dancing 💃💃💗💋💋.. Pour me some home gin please.the good stuff.👏👏👏👏👏👏🍺🍺🍻🍻
Lightnins ticker kept pretty good time. WOW!!!
Died at 69
He always seems to keep that bass E string a touch flat. It jumps right out at you but it somehow sounds right.
I’m ready…..just let me get my shoes…..thank u…❤ PEACE !
The coolest cat on the planet
Lighting Hopkins songs about his seft true musinenian in his own right dc
damn he was good.
God loves me. I startwd playing guitar 54 yeas ago listening to Guitar Lightnin' . Puraly by chance, my dad recorded a gtr. bass. drums AND Harmonica version of the song, from İstanbul Technical University FM radio, which I unfortunately can not find anywheretoday , except note for note memory in my mind, Anyone? Pls Pls let me know:))))
A true musical genius. Wow
One of the BEST ever there was or ever will be!! LOVE IT!!
Man he ca.n walk that 6th string !!!
This Man had it ..
Still listening 2024 en enjoying it
Blues alrite ❤
Straordinaria eccellenza...2023
Doesn't get any better.
Blues man!!
I have noticed out of all the guitar greats of any genre if you watch their fingers no matter how fast they play they never really seem to move too much?
Economy of motion my man
Systems flow theory, meditation, prayer, psychoanalysis and rock'n'roll
And as for the ticktock line, someone shld TikTok it
The Feeling.... So pure, so true... One time I saw a comment saying that Lightnin' is the ''blues avatar'' ; yes, he's the best... Like a soul-friend
Seems like a super cool dude...
The best of all time
Yes yes yes Lightening lives forever.
Lord have mercy.
Wow every time I watch this!!!!
My man!!! Since I became a ware... Living in a Grey Cadillac in sa
This is Debra McKnight CONDUCTOR OF MUSIC IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS OF COURSE I'M GOING COUSIN LIGHTNIN
Now to try this on my Ukulele !
Great to see and hear a legend finally
what a soul ✌️
Great to witness!
Fantastic and amazing man
As blue it gets
the greatest. bar none
He's the real deal !!!!!
OG!
Born lucky but remember....
Very big ❤❤❤
Darn I just got struck by Lightnin...
I like this. Thanks
For Noel. 🌹💞
I wonder when this was? 50+ years ago for sure.
1964 at the Manchester Free Trade Hall - American Folk Blues Festival.
Brilliant
get our minds together ♥ ...please? the MAN asked so...please?
'Ya Know.
Boss.
👍👍
Genius!
Great
Si es la pura verdolaga
👑🎸
👍👍👍
🎼💣♥️🎼
🖤
My man
Theres no better
Man
.Dat be lighting in a bottle !!!
It says the second song is titled Lightnin’ blues but I can’t find it anywhere, anybody help???
I don't even see where it says that...
I Came here back in 1978..Jake&Elwood broke it up with Half Of BookerT&MG's..
lov this guy but for somebody named lightin, he plays slower than me, hahahaha
Ain't no fakin that mmmm
Now if this was in the U.S. he'd have to use the back door & come in thru the kitchen & leave the same way after putting on that great performance 😡
po lightnin
With them whitewall tyres