Lightnin' Hopkins. Took some time to do some research on this man.
- He passed away 4 years before I was born, which gives some perspective into how music travels. Thoughts that came outta him impacted me almost 30 years after he'd died.
- Blues artists have this way with words. Their brevity, their choices, their ability to bring a thought back around to the beginning...it's something to marvel at, since most of the best ones probably didn't get much more than a high school education. Further proof that degrees don't mean much if you haven't lived or can't express yourself.
- The Blues is/are something that doesn't keep it's aim on color or creed. Man, woman, young and old can all get a bitter taste of 'em.
- Maybe the coolest name ever.
I'd go into him and Blues, as a genre...but anything I could articulate is said, five times over, here.
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