Sam Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton

[@ShawnWhiteley]

This is and has been my very favorite blues song. Despite all of the great blues songs that I have ever heard, I don't see that ever changing. Goosebumps every time.

[@johnweldon5985]

Ole Lighting Hopkins and Chester The Howling Wolf Burnett. Yessah

[@Metalamigo1984]

I feel the same way about 'Born in the bottoms'

[@ShawnWhiteley]

@@Metalamigo1984 You may have turned my number one into number two. Thank you!

[@christopherlyons187]

Absolutely. I started listening to him about 40 years ago and he still holds a unique place in my heart.

[@christopherflood6666]

I am a white Scottish lad born Christmas 1980 I'm 40 now and lived thru the 90s rave and dance music scene which I think everyone did for a time...but deep inside all that speed and fastness I heard the blues and my soul was hooked forever...the doors BB king buddy guy John Lee hooker And SRV...this is what stuck real music real soul...I hated the nineties for my childhood but loved them also because the sadness that came from that time is what makes me feel the blues now or hear them in my heart...life is tough then you die...but heaven awaits every clean soul I believe

[@ehopkins2]

I met him when I was a little boy at my Aunt Flora's home in Mississippi he played for us and we danced til we couldn't stand anymore. I love you Uncle Lightnin' and will always remember your wise words.

[@cyrillewis8747]

ehopkins2 pretty cool!

[@audreywarrensmith896]

ehopkins2 Wow consider yourself a very lucky person.

[@velynciacarter]

Do you know his son name @ ehopkins2

[@sonnyblack71]

Wow so Lightin's Father was from Mississippi?

[@bignoyz4111]

Sweet!

[@auhsojnoteek450]

The photo with the kids in different hats is the hardest story iv ever seen in my life, as of this moment in time.

[@odietamo9376]

Nobody like him. I never get tired of listening to his recordings. A genius.

[@adamalvarado8994]

I somewhat recently got into the blues and I absolutely love it. In researching for blues musicians I came across Lightnin, and the first time I heard his music I told myself "YES, this is how I always imagined the blues". And now he is my favorite blues man. Amazing.

[@chunoone]

this music is what happens when someone has expeienced life and absorbed it to the bone. An expression of life. we dont have this in music anymore.

[@tommy2chips]

I am an Black/african-american male who loves blues. So I love Lightin hopkins. It moves me. The blues moves me

[@AlanHJames]

Lightin' Hopkins is my hero!! What a feeling!! Every string says something, a story. What a voice!!

[@bensmith3200]

This is probably the most soulful song I've heard in the past year and a half. I listen to this everytime I come home from a hard day's work.

[@adolin1338]

"poor momma sittin' down with a pencil and paper, figurin' out every dime that the family made" Damn this hits home hard. The blues always resonated with me as a dirt poor white man, I think this genre of music transcends race, I think it speaks to all of those at the bottom of our social hierarchy. If you've ever faced poverty, desolation, hunger, hardship or hopelessness then this music seems to capture an essence of those feelings and memories.

[@andrefernandessilveira1742]

Hey man, can you put all the lyrics here, please?

[@charlesdavenport6094]

white supremacy is a distraction to keep the white poor from noticing they aren't much better off

[@bensmith3200]

The blues knows no racial boundaries. Amen, brother.

[@jimbouldin9164]

This has got to be archived in the Library of Congress if it isn't already.

[@illSkateofmind]

if its copywrited then it is

[@subterranean47]

In the fifties 100 pounds of cotton sold for 3 to 4 dollars. Now in case you didn't know that is a hell of a lot of fluffy white balls. You'd work from early in the mornin' dragging a 9 foot cotton sack behind you. You work in the mornin' so dew's still on the plants and it makes 'em weigh more.

[@eroPsych]

I love Lightnin's soulful rich voice. It makes my head melt!

[@SidneyStoat]

My first inspiration for playing blues. Still at it 70 years later. Timeless

[@arnoldirwin9416]

Definitely one of the Greatest. Long live Lightnin' ...Long live the Blues !!

[@nicktsanatelis6243]

it was 1996 when i first heard that song ...it did something in me,i played 100 times to learn it, to get that feeling, from then im with the blues always on my guitar. ol lightnin got that feeling ...the Blues...i love blues!!! sam lightnin hopkins was a legend .

[@ellaksabe722]

He is hurting me deeply. How beautiful and clear. And straight up soul.

[@deanpatterson6543]

Been listening to Lightening for thirty years now... back when blues albums... were hard to get... have listened to a lot of other blues men and women... I always come back to Sam Hopkins.. he has the lazy voice and guitar of a master ... the blues just flow out of him...

[@batmanjones5202]

You just can't beat this particular recording of this tune. I love the way loses weight between stanzas. Long live Lightnin'.

[@johnywalke7357]

Great song! Great american people! i love american blues! Greetings from Brazil!

[@j.alwaysanindian253]

Man, this dude laid it out on the line with strings! Pain and cotton equals beautiful music! We are blessed to have his recordings!

[@deploynz]

Blues is the roots, everything else is the fruits. - Willie Dixon

[@Hendrixking14]

somemore of this texas country blues. Best blues in the world.

[@waynepolk4179]

Kept thinking of this song during the recent hot, humid and triple heat index days that went on weeks straight in the MidAtlantic here. What a masterpiece this song is!

[@comamalasala3657]

Precious Blues classic... I like a lot.....my soul is Blues.....my live is music Blues......nothing more

[@MrGrxxx123]

when Lightnin' sing everybody listens!

[@despinaluigini7991]

This is the true blues.... Extraordinary guitar and voice equally extraordinary LH

[@buggleboy88]

Black people, this our history in song right here. Listen good and it will soothe your soul🎶🤗

[@dvorahjackson231]

Lightin hopkin, song from his soul because of what had seen an heard from family story

[@DeshaunBouvier]

Southern history.

[@cyndygough7297]

Lightnin' Hopkins is the definition of The Blues.

[@kariaudar]

Hot dang! Lightnin´ Hopkins has to be one of the most soulful musicians who ever lived.

[@Cougar139tweak]

When I think of Blues, this is the song

[@salimwillis1400]

Oooh there's something so old in this song , older than America.... To west Africa.... To mali .... To the hunters music, that's where this all began

[@DeshaunBouvier]

Not really. Black southerns have the same culture as a southern redneck.

[@pinofrancominghella]

ought to work but now that i discoverd them good old bluesmen i keep on drinkin with my own satisfaction to lightin's art and them good men dead and gone from the delta. i'm doggone glad to see that this bs website brings across so much great music such as this. respect to them who still appreciate this art and puttin it on the intranet makes me glad as hell. there is mercy for an alcoholic goddamit i love it.

[@Country2112]

This is a great song my god what a life story . take notes boys this guy the best ever was

[@PeterS-lt6cv]

Sam is the man.

[@johnleclare1677]

This song has gotten me through alot of Monday mornings

[@stratplayer5769]

I remember hearing this as a kid my dad was and still is a huge Lightin fan I didnt want to hear this at the time... You grow up an experience some real blues you appreciate thsngs like this.... Thank you for the post

[@jcandstonesfollower]

i dont think it gets any better then this... does it??

[@cjchapo8236]

incredible music I'd never of heard if not for KZbin....

[@MrNoNameNoFace]

i clicked the like button before i heard the song, because it's blues, it can't be wrong option :D

[@comaradella]

precission, humbleness, cool, yeahhh!!! signs of a true master Hector from Argentina

[@mags5555]

Could not be any better. Thanks for posting.

[@57stones]

Lightnin' is my all time favourite among the old blues masters. This is certainly blues with a feeling!

[@chingatumadre8014]

Just want to add, Sam Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton is etched in my soul. Amen

[@moovgirl]

I love this song. Big fan of the blues and this song just says all about blues and its history and why its so great. Thank you for posting the song.

[@audreywilborn2018]

When he says " Poor Momma sitting down with her pencil and paper ........" That just makes me sad .

[@azerArrête]

This really was a solid bet ,picking cotton all day long with no rest ,and for years ,for life ,

[@AcousticAstro]

It s funny how only so few can find this music, and if your lucky enough to find it. Enjoy it and appreciate what a talent he his and how real this is. Mainstream music these days just dont have a clue! Rappers need to shut up and listen to something real.

[@dirkcorbette]

Lightnin' is my favorite bluesman. It's just too real.

[@badorphan]

This is far and away my favorite blues song that I have ever heard. Weigh my head down with beer and strap the headphones over mah dome... Gorgeous.

[@325thabn]

if you know the blues it dont get no better than this love love it

[@kariaudar]

Next to Mississippi John Hurt, Lightnin´ Hopkins is my favourite bluesman. The emotion, soul and heart in this man´s music are extraordinary.

[@mircovannucchi6600]

A real Bluesman !

[@youssouphafall6966]

extraordinaire Pure Beauté very Nice Beautiful Song. respect

[@2089371]

Für mich der beste Blues Sänger

[@tonyboneize]

As a 35 year old whiteman from Memphis all I wanna do is cry. I listen to this music almost everyday in my man cave. I know this isn't BB King but man I can only imagine. Heart is out

[@Thechriscross100]

Tonybone Robert the blues ain't bad 😎

[@charlesdavenport6094]

this is the heart and soul of blues...required listening...too CRT for high school music classes?

[@donstillingsuser3515]

I can feel the heat of the day and the humidity squeezing the sweat out of me.

[@MrHowmer]

Po' lightnin'; so sincere.

[@batmanjones5202]

40 years since I first heard this recording. (And I still have the vinyl.) Perfect phrasing then, still is, and he was pissed at his rhythm section, as always. You can't beat this shit.

[@bignoyz4111]

" Don't weigh but 90 lbs " Po Lightnin.✊🏿

[@325thabn]

im not much for posting twice on a video, i know alot of blues but this has to be one of the best blues songs that has ever been written. you can feel everything that is the blues in this song. lightnin is one of the top blues singers that will ever live. thank you for posting this never take it down

[@bigamble]

A terrible price to pay for such beautiful music.

[@Jaybers100]

Compare this to everything popular now & wonder ... what the hell happened?! THIS is talent, feeling, passion, effort & work.

[@bensmith3200]

The picture of Lightnin' chilling in the projects is soooo cool.

[@sayerma]

the double bass and snare with lightnin's guitar...this stuff just fixes your soul.

[@simonpenny2564]

This is history, this is art, this is the suffering of oppressed people. Moved me 40 years ago, moves me now. Poor lightnin.

[@gmuny86]

this song is one of the greatest ever written.

[@looserlonesome1586]

Man I love this song to the heart my father used to really love this song and it brings back memories. I can relate.

[@looserlonesome1586]

And could really play it on his guitar

[@donaldblackmon36]

Helps me connect with my ancestors through spirit and mind

[@ATLRhyan]

Roots!!!!! This makes me think of my background!

[@jonnyhog1002]

Straight to the soul

[@pierrevanbentum]

Lightnin', one of the best musicians ever........

[@MEKKRUB]

Love and miss you forever. Lightnin Hopkins 💙

[@dancingfirefly5974]

now that's the real blues💙💙

[@greenebum]

whoever made this video to this song is a damn genius!!! it fits perfect. i love the railroad picture at the end. it makes me want to take a road trip.

[@riversidepete6128]

back porch deep south texas blues...lightnin hopkins

[@davidmcdonald7373]

Ba ba ba bad too the dam bone Love you music Mr Hopkins ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@audreywilborn2018]

Lord , Lord ........ This song makes me want to cry .

[@WangXinWu]

11 yeats ago walking to work I always had this song in my headphones.

[@EwolDJ]

I used to have a live version of this on tape back in the 80s from some now-obscure anthology, As I recall Lightnin' was complaining about the sound while playing, there was no bassist, and there was an extra verse about getting mixed up in some gambling game. Don't have it now, but it must be out there somewhere, good luck in tracing it.

[@oldmal60]

great lead runs on a flat top! that's playing with real feeling and talent.

[@tommyau2006]

Lightnin' was the king of Texas country blues. Don't ya just love him?

[@jackwarrenguitar]

this is inspiring, and humbling, it kinda puts it in perspective,, im thinking things aint so bad, this is the blues!

[@ruotze]

Lightnin',...he the Man!

[@Edu1963ful]

I do not speak German but your sentence starts with "danke" (thanks) and finishes with Blues, so I have to give you a thumbs up!

[@rupskral413]

Thanks for sharing. This was my childhood.....

[@moovgirl]

Just fantasic classic blues!! Love it!!!

[@ratnasaridewiku]

very beautiful,nice, music…very beautiful,very nice song…very good song…loved….

[@ingoklamp5717]

Einer der geilsten Blues Songs ever und ich hab s auf cd😁

[@gtmonte4712]

Slowed down blues is some of my favorite and really takes me back to the origins of the blues. You can feel the expression on a different level. I’ll forever be a blues baby

[@taildragger53]

This track is also on an available CD called"" Lighnin'Hopkins--'Nothing But The Blues"". (Collectables)

[@kevsart]

True Blue, a rare fine soul.

[@user-kt1kb7rm7o]

can't talk blues if you ain't mentioning lightnin', thank you for the endless tunes...

[@doobiesz]

that first guitar note... amazing

[@voodoochildblu]

my second favorite blues guitarist, right next to hendrix. love this guy.

[@NoRosesForMe]

Love ya Sam. The best we had.....still have!

[@riod7559]

My dear mother would say "he's making that guitar talk" .....

[@lowkeeangel]

this joint is DEEP...

[@BordiniBlues85]

blues is the wisdom