Lightnin' Hopkins

His Life and Blues

Alan Govenar

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Chicago Review Press
09 November 2020

Blues; Biography: arts & entertainment

2011ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research for Best History

By the time of his death in 1982, Sam ""Lightnin'"" Hopkins was likely the most recorded blues artist in history. This brilliant biography illuminates the many contradictions of the man and his myth. Born in 1912 to a poor sharecropping family in cotton country, Hopkins left home when he was eight years old with a guitar his brother had given him. This biography explores his meetings with Blind Lemon Jefferson and Texas Alexander, his time on a chain gang, his relationships with women, and his lifelong appetite for gambling and drinking. Hopkins began recording in 1946, when he was dubbed ""Lightnin'"" during his first session, and he soon joined Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker on the national R & B charts. But by the time he was ""rediscovered"" by Mack McCormick and Sam Charters in 1959, his popularity had begun to wane. A second career emerged--now Lightnin'was pitched to white audiences, not black ones, and he became immensely successful. This biography is based on scores of interviews with Lightnin's lover, friends, producers, accompanists, managers, and fans.

By: Alan Govenar
Imprint: Chicago Review Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 503g
ISBN: 9781641604284
ISBN 10: 164160428X
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 09 November 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alan Govenar is a writer, a photographer, a filmmaker, and the president of Documentary Arts, anonprofit organization founded to present new perspectives on historicalissues and diverse cultures. Govenarhas directed more than two dozen films and is the author of thirty books, includingThe Blues Come to Texas: Paul Oliver and Mack McCormick's Unfinished Book,Everyday Music,Untold Glory:African Americans In Pursuit of Freedom, Opportunity and Achievement,Stompin' at the Savoy, and Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound. He lives in Dallas, Texas, and New York City.