The first live music show I ever saw in a club (not at a Concert) was Lightnin Hopkins. A forged High School ID showed me to by 18-then the drinking age. The club was Mother Blues on Lemmon Ave in Dallas. It was NY Eve on 12/31/73

"Give me a cool drink of water before I die"

Welcome to the good side of KZbin ✨️

I'm 99.0% believe Rev Gary Davis is my relative on my mother side of the tree. My mom said he looks just like her uncle - plus I searched the Laurens County Census 1870, 1880, and up for Davis and all the Davis I can locate near Center Rabun Missionary Baptist Church are my relatives. My Davis family are from Hunter Laurens County, South Carolina. Most of my Davis relatives went to that church Rev Gary Davis spoke of name Center Rabun Missionary Baptist Church - and lots of my Davis relatives are buried there. Rev Gary Davis should have been buried at Center Rabun Missionary Baptist Church is the home church on both sides of my tree.

I'm 99.0% believe Rev Gary Davis is my relative on my mother side of the tree. My mom said he looks just like her uncle - plus I searched the Laurens County Census 1870, 1880, and up for Davis and all the Davis I can locate near Center Rabun Missionary Baptist Church are my relatives. My Davis family are from Hunter Laurens County, South Carolina. Most of my Davis relatives went to that church Rev Gary Davis spoke of name Center Rabun Missionary Baptist Church - and lots of my Davis relatives are buried there. Rev Gary Davis should have been buried at Center Rabun Missionary Baptist Church to, it's our home church on both sides of my tree.

Love that voice

One can only wonder what a chromonica in his hands would've produced. Terry Sonny = God!

It lives down through the years. Truth.

“Cold ground was my bed last night, and my pillow too “

Thank you for posting this! Lightin' Hopkins is a gift to th world and esp guitar players. Thank God for the contrast between Lightin; and his guitar. {so we can see his fingering}

That's what the blues is all about!!!!!

He sounds like someone who played at Woodstock ,

He plays a very quick, "F major 7th" at around 5:12 and it's subtle magic in action.

Not a patch on ed Sheeran

man do i love Mance's music, but as a 38 year old man, his story rings so true it is hard to listen to. The reality for this man is he existed in a society where he was destined to work endlessly among his peers and the only drive for his endless toil was a woman's loyalty which he expresses to artistically the folly of chasing what society's technological and ethical mechanisms did not entertain. That is where his suffering is so well expressed lyrically and while you might not recognize it you can idenify it's intensity through Mance's style

One of the greatest Bluesmen ever.

I guess I've got to go look for his stuff before he got electrified.

I was 7 years old when this was recorded and it😮blew my mind ! Unbelievable! I’m still a big fan of Sam!john coolman

I love this ❤ ! Jon Fisher

Always soul tingling no matter how often I listen. True gentleman.

Love this man. ❤

Babe please don’t go! This man is great

I met Mance in College Station, TX when I was in high school in 1969. He was playing a coffee shop, and I was fascinated! My friend and bandmate and I talked to him for an hour after the gig ended, and he invited us to dinner at his house in Navasota the next weekend. What an amazing guy!

Delicious!

All coming from a man considered to be inferior just because of hos skinn.

Yes

love these guys

timing baby

JC, the voice this guy has. No words.

😊This is incredible!!

WHAT A LEGEND!

This is .....damn amazing...thank you for finding this and putting it up.

Its rockinroll❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

These guys make my day ❤

What a great sound !

What a great man !

hes great at piano too, i never seen him get down on one

Take in the sounds..learn from it...

Hell yeah. Gibson😎

Robinson Jeffrey Thompson Lisa Allen Jessica

you cannot beat the old country blues. We're blessed to have this archive.

O! This guy was just murdering the guitar

The guitar with this man was about to pronounce words!!!

Wooow súper video thank you !

Little birdy is just a great song and this guy does the greatest version

This is on God's Playlist.

I love this blues music.

had the privilege of meeting Jesse Fuller at the Village corner Club in Toronto in the very early 60s. I played 12-string & he showed me how to play San Francisco blues in the tune up room! I think he got a kick out of this young girl who played 12.

I think about how my honey-baby would have liked these blues

He still plays in a way that most acoustic players don't imagine playing.