Lightnin' Hopkins
Acting
March 15, 1912
Centerville, Texas
Biography
Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010 Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Movies
Be Here to Love Me
2004
Down Home Music - A Journey Through the Heartland
1963
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins
1968
Mr. Charlie, Your Rollin’ Mill Is Burnin’ Down
1969
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
1985
Masters of the Country Blues - Mance Lipscomb and Lightnin' Hopkins
2000
Blues like Showers of Rain
1970
Lightnin' Les
1968
Texas Blues Guitar
1996
The Sun's Gonna Shine
1969
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
2003
This Ain't No Mouse Music!
2014
The American Folk Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-1966
2007