Trouble In Mind, Katie Mae, Can't Do You Like I Used To Do, See See Rider, and Lightnin's Boogie might not exactly ring a bell to the average listener, but to Blues fans, these songs have become revered "lowdown" standards.
He first became nationwide after WW II but fizzled in the '50's with the advent of Rock and Roll. He came back during the '60's Folk Movement with his ultra-real Country Blues sound. A 1965 release on Arthoolie Records with Barbara Dare is one of the only available recordings of the kind of spontaneous exchange between people that the Blues was meant to be.
He recorded for at least 22 record labels. An insistent "one-take-wonder" in the studio, he could crank out recordings at a blistering pace.
Hopkins and his two brothers, John Henry and Joel, were Bluesman from the start. All went on to recording careers.
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