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Lightnin' Hopkins
ライトニン・ホプキンス

  • BORN: March 15, 1912, Centerville, Texas
    1912年3月15日、テキサス州センターヴィル生まれ
  • DIED: January 30, 1982, Houston, Texas
    1982年1月30日、テキサス州ヒューストンにて死去
  • vocals guitar piano organ

ブルース史上最も多作なレコーディング・アーティストの一人だったライトニン・ホプキンス。1946年から1981年にかけて残した膨大な録音は、弾き語りのカントリー・ブルースからバンド付きのロックンロール的なものまでを含み、彼の芸の広さを示している。テキサス・ブルースの伝統を受け継ぎながらも、独特の技法を磨き、戦後のブルースやロックに多大な影響を与えた。彼のヴォーカルはときには切実感を漂わせ、ときに陽気だった。エレキ・ギター、アコースティック・ギター、両方を弾き、同時代の音楽にも器用にアダプト。また、彼は、即興で自分の体験を心に触れる曲にしてしまう能力にも恵まれていた。戦争のこと、竜巻のこと、飛行機のことなども取り上げ、自在な歌に、しばしば誰にも真似出来ないようなギターの合いの手を入れる。彼はその生々しい音楽、語り部としての才能で、60年代のフォーク・ブルース・リヴァイヴァルの人気者となった。

Recordings

November 9, 1946, Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California
August 15, 1947, Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California
1947, Houston, Texas
November 1947, Quinn Studio, Houston, Texas
February 25, 1948, Commercial Studios, Houston, Texas
February 1948, Houston, Texas
1948, Houston, Texas
1949, Houston, Texas
1949, Houston, Texas
1949, Houston, Texas
1949/50, Houston, Texas
1950/51, Houston, Texas
  • Beggin' You To Stay (Someday Baby)
  • Don't Keep My Baby Long (original 78 version)
  • Don't Keep My Baby Long (original master take)
  • Bad Luck And Trouble (short take)
  • Bad Luck And Trouble
  • Drifting
  • Last Affair (short take)
  • Last Affair - @YouTube
  • Jake Head Boogie
  • Jake Head Boogie (alternate take)
  • Ticket Agent
  • Ticket Agent (alternate take)
  • Lonesome Dog Blues - @YouTube
  • Lonesome Dog Blues (alternate take)
  • House Upon The Hill
  • Tell Me Pretty Mama
  • Give Me Back That Wig
  • Give Me Back That Wig (alternate take)
  • Everyday I Have The Blues (short take)
  • Everyday I Have The Blues
  • War News Blues
1950/51, Houston, Texas
  • Needed Time
  • Needed Time (alternate take)
  • One Kind Favor
  • Another Fool In Town
  • Candy Kitchen
  • Candy Kitchen (alternate take)
  • Black Cat
  • Santa Fe
  • Some Day Baby
1950/51
  • Black Cat Bone
  • Disagreeable
  • Dark And Cloudy
1951, New York
  • Coffee Blues - @YouTube
  • Gotta Move (Boogie)
  • Give Me Central 209 (Hello Central)
  • Long Way From Texas
  • Tell Me Boogie (Mad As I Can Be)
  • Tell Me Baby (Mad As I Can Be) (alternate take)
  • New Short Haired Woman
  • Prayin' Ground Blues
  • New York, NY Boogie
1951, Houston, Texas
  • So Sorry (by L.C. Williams)
  • Baby Child (by L.C. Williams)
  • You Caused (My Heart To Weep)
  • Tap Dance Boogie
  • I Wonder (Why)
  • Papa Bones Boogie (Buck Dance Boogie)
  • The Lazy J (by L.C. Williams)
  • No Good Woman (Home In The Woods)
  • (Lightnin's) Gone Again
  • Fannie Mae (by L.C. Williams)
  • Dirty House Blues
  • Bald Headed Woman
  • Everything Happens To Me
  • Freight Train Blues (When I Started Hoboing)
  • I've Been A Bad Man (Mad Blues) (Back Home Boogie)
  • New Worried Life Blues
  • One Kind Of Favor
  • Broken Hearted Blues
1951?
  • Down To The River
  • Contrary Mary (Crazy Mary) - @YouTube
  • I'm Begging You
1951
  • Broken Hearted Blues
  • Worried Blues
  • Don't Think I'm Crazy
  • Talking (with Bob Shad)
  • Why Did You Get Mad At Me
  • What Kind Of Heart Have You
1951, Houston, Texas
  • You Do Too (I'll Never Forget The Day)
  • Everybody's Down On Me
1951, Houston, Texas
  • Sad News From Korea
  • Let Me Fly Your Kite
1951, Houston, Texas
  • Gone With The Wind
  • She's Almost Dead
1952, Houston, Texas
  • Ain't It A Shame
  • Crazy 'Bout My Baby
1952, Houston, Texas
  • My Mama Told Me
  • What's The Matter Now
July 29, 1953, Houston, Texas
  • Highway Blues
  • I'm Wild About You Baby
  • Bad Things On My Mind
  • The War Is Over
  • Policy Game
  • Merry Christmas
  • Happy New Year
  • Cemetery Blues
circa November 1953, Houston, Texas
  • Late In The Evening
  • Lightnin' Jump
  • Leavin' Blues
  • Moanin' Blues
April 1954, Houston, Texas
  • I Love You Baby
  • Shine On Moon
  • Lightnin's Boogie (Boogie Woogie Dance)
  • Lonesome In Your Home
  • Remember Me
  • Sittin' Down Thinkin'
  • Lightnin's Special (Flash Lightnin')
  • Please Don't Go Baby
  • Don't Think 'Cause You're Pretty (Blues Is A Mighty Bad Feelin') - @YouTube
  • Life I Used To Live (Gonna Change My Ways)
April 1954, Houston, Texas
  • Grandma's Boogie (Lightnin's Stomp)
  • My Baby's Gone
  • Early Mornin' Boogie (Hear Me Talkin')
  • Sick Feelin' Blues (I'm Achin') - @YouTube
  • Moving On Out Boogie (Let's Move) - @YouTube
  • Hopkins' Sky Hop
  • Evil Hearted Woman
  • Don't Need No Job
  • Had A Gal Called Sal - @YouTube
  • Blues For My Cookie - @YouTube
  • They Wonder Who I Am
  • Nothin' But The Blues
  • That's Alright Baby
  • Finally Met My Baby
  • My Little Kewpie Doll (Bad Boogie)
  • Lightnin' Don't Feel Well (I Wonder What Is Wrong With Me)
1954, Houston, Texas
  • Goin' To Galveston
  • Met The Blues On The Corner
1956, Houston, Texas
  • Walkin' The Streets
  • Mussy Haired Woman
January 16, 1959, Houston, Texas
  • Penitentiary Blues
  • Bad Luck And Trouble
  • Come, Go Home With Me
  • Trouble Stay 'Way From My Door
  • See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (One Kind Favor)
  • Goin' Back To Florida
  • Reminiscences Of Blind Lemon
  • Fan It
  • Tell Me, Baby
  • She's Mine
February 16, 1959, Houston, Texas
February 26, 1959, Houston, Texas
May 12, 1959, Houston, Texas
July 13, 1959, Houston, Texas
July 16, 1959, Houston, Texas
July 20, 1959, Houston, Texas
November 19, 1959, Houston, Texas
  • Long Way From Texas
  • Look Out Settegast, Here Me And My Partner Come
  • Getting Out Of The Bushes Tap Dance
  • Whiskey, Whiskey
  • Suicide Blues
January 25, 1960, Houston, Texas
  • The Slop
July 6/7, 1960, Los Angeles, California
  • First Meeting
  • How Long Has It Been Since You Been Home
  • Ain't Nothing Like Whiskey
  • Penitentiary Blues
  • If You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make 'Em Lay
  • Wimmen From Coast To Coast
1960, Los Angeles, California
  • Blues For Gamblers (Everybody's Blues) (Three Aces On The Bottom Of The Deal)
  • Right On That Shore (I'm Gonna Mourn On That Shore) (Great Gospel Blues)
  • New Car Blues (Brand New Car)
  • Chain Gang Blues (Early In The Mornin' Blues)
  • I've Been Buked (Or Scorned) (You Gonna Need Somebody To Go Your Bond)
  • Razor Sharp Blues
August 10, 1960, Houston, Texas
  • Ain't No Easy Thing
October 14, 1960, Carnegie Hall, New York
  • Oh Mary Don't You Weep
October 26, 1960, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
  • Rocky Mountain Blues
  • Go To Move Your Baby
  • So Sorry To Leave You
  • Take A Trip With Me
  • Last Night Blues
  • Lightnin's Stoke
  • Hard To Love A Woman
  • Conversation Blues
November 9, 1960, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
  • Automobile Blues
  • You Better Watch Yourself
  • Thinkin' About An Old Friend
  • The Walkin' Blues
  • Back To New Orleans
  • Katie Mae
  • Down There Baby
  • Mean Old 'Frisco
  • Shinin' Moon
  • Come Back Baby
November 1960, New York
  • Mojo Hand - @YouTube
  • Glory Be - @YouTube
  • How Long Has The Train Been Gone
  • Have You Ever Loved A Woman
  • Santa Claus
  • Black Mare (Trot)
  • Coffee For Mama
  • Awful Dream
  • Sometimes She Will
  • Shine On Moon
  • Bring Me My Shotgun
  • Just Picking
  • Last Night
  • Shake That Thing
  • Walk A Long Time
  • I'm Leaving With You Now
  • Houston Bound
  • Baby I Don't Care
November 15, 1960, New York
  • Rainy Highway
  • When My First Wife Quit Me
  • Walk On
  • Lightnin's Guitar Boogie
  • Come Go Home With Me
  • Mister Charlie Pt. 1
  • Mister Charlie Pt. 2
  • I Have Had My Fun, If I Don't Get Well No More
  • Mighty Crazy
  • Wonder Why
  • The Trouble Blues
  • Your Own Fault Baby To Treat Me The Way You Do
  • Lightnin's Piano Boogie
  • Take It Easy
  • Black Cat

Influences
影響関係

Infl by: Blind Lemon Jefferson
受けた影響←ブラインド・レモン・ジェファスン

Infl to: Robert Pete Williams, Carolina Slim
与えた影響→ロバート・ピート・ウィリアムズ、キャロライナ・スリム