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Album artwork for King of Dowling Street by Lightnin' Hopkins

57 Tracks/20 Never before on CD/12 Previously unreleased performances. Remastered from Analog tapes. Texas bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins career was both long and fruitful. He performed live for six decades and recorded for over 30 years amassing a catalogue that was larger than almost any of his contemporaries. Not only was he prolific but he was also a great raconteur and a very good live performer with an ‘act’ honed to perfection at pre-war dances and parties. His guitar playing was unconventional, some have even called it ragged, but it is not as a guitarist that he will be remembered. Somehow the way he set his songs seemed totally apposite and it gave everything he did an authenticity that few others were ever able to match.

Lightnin' Hopkins

King of Dowling Street

Sunset Blvd Records
Album artwork for King of Dowling Street by Lightnin' Hopkins
CDx3

$29.99

Released 02/19/2021Catalog Number

CD-SBR-7993

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Lightnin' Hopkins

King of Dowling Street

Sunset Blvd Records
Album artwork for King of Dowling Street by Lightnin' Hopkins
CDx3

$29.99

Released 02/19/2021Catalog Number

CD-SBR-7993

Usually dispatched in 5-10 days

57 Tracks/20 Never before on CD/12 Previously unreleased performances. Remastered from Analog tapes. Texas bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins career was both long and fruitful. He performed live for six decades and recorded for over 30 years amassing a catalogue that was larger than almost any of his contemporaries. Not only was he prolific but he was also a great raconteur and a very good live performer with an ‘act’ honed to perfection at pre-war dances and parties. His guitar playing was unconventional, some have even called it ragged, but it is not as a guitarist that he will be remembered. Somehow the way he set his songs seemed totally apposite and it gave everything he did an authenticity that few others were ever able to match.