The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1967)

[@imairlax]

two of the most underappreciated musicians in american history jamming together on a dirt road somewhere...absolutely love this clip.

[@Wavelength247]

The blues is the soul of all modern music.

[@johncowburn4444]

Love Billy Bizor playing harmonica in the opening track.

[@g.t.4961]

Yep, one of my fav harp players, hes got the blues ❤

[@pinofrancominghella]

Truly the mojofull energy. The world should never forget this great man and his poetry along with his fellow bluesmen sonnies from the delta, off course.

[@BlacksuitDC]

Thank you Les Blank making this film and capturing this art forever.

[@wilbimcs]

It gives me chills.

[@theurbangentry]

Amazing Documentary Its in my top 20 best documentaries of all time.

[@imairlax]

i know, thats another reason i love this clip. lightnin's playing rhythm for a significant portion of the song. i've seen most of the other clips of him performing with others and this is the only case where he ever seems to defer to anybody. he respected his elders!

[@paulkersey1007]

Nobody is bad ass than Lightnin having Whiskey in his back pocket.

[@OneManBluesConspiracy]

I love it when Lightnin says "The blues comes so many different ways, It is hard to explain" & also seeing Lightnin' cutting it up with Mance Lipscomb. I had never see that before. Thanks for posting it.

[@djdonnie68]

who the hell could dislike this video?????? this is the blues!!!!!!!!

[@friarbud]

Hey whole round world, I got nothing but the blues 😅

[@imairlax]

can i give this a million stars somehow?

[@paulkersey1007]

I would've given almost anything to be standing there with all 3 playing guitar with them. 3 of the baddest cats to represent the Blues.

[@Wildmanfan]

I just noticed that. Lightnin is the f'n man. No one better. I really miss Billy Bizor though, you know, Lightnin's cousin who's blowing harp. He was such an undiscovered, underrated, and unappreciated talent. Mance, is just as damn good in his own right as I love Mance Lipscomb. God bless the Texas Blues.

[@SamSimonBlues]

possibly the best film ever made about the Blues whole thing's about an hour long and shows Lightnin' in his hometown of Centerville Texas, playin' at a barbecue with friends and so much more go to Les Blank's website and get the DVD y'all !

[@oldmtnfart]

I love this one. I listen to it every couple days.

[@kstewintheart4u]

I remember those pink buttercup flowers in the early spring in south Texas . . . .

[@DUKEWII]

so real just three guys on a dirt road having fun with the wiskey in the pocket lol playin the soul of all american music- blues

[@subterranean47]

Never new Texas was so beautiful....

[@ZoranMaslic]

So valuable film! Master of blues + filmmaker who has a feeling for people.

[@tommyau2006]

yup Billy Bizor. He played harp on Lightnin's "How Many More Years I Got" album back in 1962. Absolutely awesome harp and album

[@creativefoodchef]

Wonderful Les! You have such a natural way of capturing the essence of people. Wish I was in Berkeley for your retrospective. Congratulations.

[@chaindog13]

Billy Bizor is a master on the harp.

[@JosephDVines]

2020 and I got da blues, 🎸🎷🎺

[@jjgodioso]

karacas ! é de arrepiar . the beeeeesssssstttttttt.

[@ariellehunter]

Thank the Lord for KZbin. This stuff is so great.

[@incongra]

How come these people can enjoy themselves with so little and yet nowadays we have les pauls, stratocasters, digital recorders, etc and yet something is always missing? - It does make you think.

[@leeliben]

Great!! i can feel the free!!

[@PennyTraition]

Yeah, a million stars! Multiverses! Well said. Thanks for the share, Sparks (sparkalot) I love this...X

[@ruotze]

Lightnin'...he the MAN!

[@imairlax]

ps - gotta love the whiskey in the back pocket, too!

[@Sheindie]

BEST BLUES VID and Story EVER!!!!! :D

[@WMSears]

Ass pocket full of whiskey at 1:20. Perfect

[@opticage]

Can you PLEASE post the whole thing in 10 minutes segments. PLEASE, cause this is a TEASE and its giving me the blues.

[@morradi75]

Lightnin was one of the greatest! Here is a tribute!!

[@doggeds]

damn!!! MANCE LIPSCOMB, LIGHTNING HOPKINS,and some awesome blues harmonica guy ( what's he called?)all jamming together , this is every old blues fans wet dream lol

[@tommyau2006]

don't ya just love it?

[@RaoulDuke504RC]

RIP LES BLANK

[@likesingjamesloublank839]

Bonne harmonie entre les 3.

[@ProbableCauseBluesBand]

Is Lightnin' your uncle? I cannot begin to express in words how much his music has meant to me. i only found out about him a couple years ago. I'm 42 and was never exposed to his incredible music. I actually own more of his CD's than anything else I have. He's touched me in a place i didn't know existed...

[@writerrad]

Particularly this part of the film completely misrepresents hopkins. Hopkins did not live in Centreville Texas where this was filmed, He had lived in Houston texas, one of the largest cities in this country since the late 1930s, nearly 30 years, Rather than the image of being a folk performer suggsted here, Hopkins was an electric urban bluesman who was most at home in black city night clubs. He first made commercial records in 1946 and had made hundreds of commercial recordings sold to African Americans before folk blues enthusiasts began to dominate him around 1955 putting acoustic guitars in his hands even though he prefered electrics which he used for almost every recording Hopkins made for Black people. He waqs a great musician I was privileged to meet, but he was not a rural blues man as this film suggests, He is a big contrast with his cousin Mance Lipscomb who remained in the country

[@thesoftparade435]

Yeah he didn't live there, he was just born there and lived till age of 8. The whole point of the film was to show you where the blues CAME from. the blues didn't start in the city, it started with the songs sung in the cotton fields while working, which is exactly what lightin escaped from by using his music

[@poke5459]

Thank you for clarifying this. I was confused about the surroundings and thought maybe they shot most of the doc along the outskirts of Houston. Do you know whether it was LH's decision to film in Centerville or Les Blank's? Or both?

[@glazeminer]

you can get it on amazon. I got the digital download, not knowing you can only watch it on your computer. If you contact me you can watch my copy there...

[@Thechriscross100]

soitgoes... gotta see

[@indiolaiche]

That's a lot of ducklins for one mamma!

[@sonnyblack71]

Now that sounds like a blues song😂

[@jbizzle7616]

As blue as it gets!

[@elpanchito421]

good ol' texas blues

[@lastfirstface]

I think he was referring to Old Grand Dad Whiskey.

[@imairlax]

unfortunately i think you have to buy it from him and it wasn't cheap...its like a 35 minute movie and i think it was like a $30 dvd. that being said, 1000% worth the price if you're a fan.

[@jamisonsmith9761]

Pleasant Spring Tx

[@aacotter]

Damn, lightnin's got the gold teeth, that slick due and the pimpas' shades. Lightnin' Hopkins: original gangsta.

[@michaelebner7248]

the true originals

[@DavidPerry-do6xt]

Navasota?

[@superhacker35]

agreed

[@ITYO5B]

i have all of my uncles albums and accomplishments so any info you want just contact me and i'll help you with whatever you want

[@tmjagger]

Dig the whiskey bottle in Lightnin's back pocket.

[@wideboybob]

what is the name of that track they are playing in this intro? got this on video from way back.

[@wealllame]

Is that an A or a Bb harmonica?

[@Jorge_Artea]

ei dude ples tellme where find that movie pliss?

[@paulkersey1007]

These young people today think they know about cool, but they don't know shit. These 3 men were through with cool before these young kids even knew what the hell to do with cool.

[@barneycordell]

buy it dude.....

[@SlimDavenport]

Is that Mance Lipscomb on bended knee paying guitar?

[@screwmaster404]

***** 5 just ain't enough

[@R0O5T3RTV]

where can i watch?

[@ZoranMaslic]

I streamed it through Toronto Public Library website, it actually brought me to another site. I think it's part of Criterion collection. I am sure if you search the net, you will find it.

[@R0O5T3RTV]

i found a torrent

[@roheri]

Pass it