Lightnin' Hopkins, "What'd I Say"

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Published on: May 20th, 2015

Legendary Texas country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist extraordinare Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins (1912-1982) demonstrates his distinctive fingerstyle in this cover of the classic Ray Charles song "What'd I Say". Hopkins' New York Times obit called him "one of the great county blues" players, and "perhaps the greatest single influence on rock guitar players."

 

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