Based on scores of interviews with the artist's relatives, friends, lovers, producers, accompanists, managers, and fans, this biography of Lightnin' Hopkins reveals a man of many layers and contradictions. It chronicles his life on the open road playing blues music and doing odd jobs.
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Print version record.
Contents
Early years -- Travels with Texas Alexander -- The move to Houston -- Rediscovery -- The blues revival heats up -- The touring intensifies -- Mojo hand: an Orphic tale -- An expanding audience -- The last decade.