Tag: Lightnin’ Hopkins

zzup | Other blues enthusiasts (4B)

In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, Pete Welding, Testament Records, Down Beat, Son House, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Shines, Glenn Hinson, Fire in My Bones, Gospel, Dream Songs, ABC's Windows on the World,The Black Church, Art Rosenbaum, Margo Newmark, The Art of Field Recording, Old Time Banjo Book,Timothy Duffy, We are the Music Makers, …

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zzuq | Other blues enthusiasts (4A)

In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, Harry Oster, Stefan Wirz, Butch Cage, Willie B. Thomas, Lawrence Gellert, negro songs of protest, Heritage Records, Bruce Conforth, unknown prisoner performing Mr. Tyree, Bruce Jackson, On the Inside, Pete, Toshi and Daniel Seeger, Afro-American Work Songs, Sam Charters, Fury Lewis, Sleepy John Estes, Ann Charters, Singing the …

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zzva | Nicknames and stage names (5)

In this column: nicknames, stage names, lightnin', smokey, smoking, magic, mighty, Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, Lightnin' Hopkins, Smokey Robinson, The Miracles, Smokin' Joe Kubek, Bnois King, Smokin' Joe Bonamassa, Smokey Hogg, Magic Sam, Magic Slim, The Teardrops, Mighty Joe Young This episode tells the stories of the blues musicians, who chose or received an exciting …

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zzvk | Tipple Blues, Tomcat Blues, Diamond dust (word meanings 3)

In this column: Tipple Blues, tipple, minecarts, Austin and Lee Allen, Tomcat Blues, Freddie Spruell, Caldwell "Mississippi" Bracey, Wilbur Joe "Kansas Joe" McCoy, Lightnin' Hopkins, Diamond Dust, hop, Cannon's Jug Stompers  Ain't gonna work on no tipple, ain't gonna load no coal, Put my head out the window, watch my drive wheels roll, sweet mama, …

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