He discovered his passion for the blues at an early age when he met blues legend blind lemon jefferson at a church picnic. Blank reveals lightnin s inspiration, and features a generous helping of classic blues. The first lick will feature a simple single note blues melody. Guitar in the styles of lightnin hopkins, blind blake, mississippi john hurt, blind boy fuller and big bill broonzy.
On the making of the blues according to lightnin hopkins. I have purchased a few teach yourself books in the past and have had. Lightnin hopkins style acoustic guitar lesson ep088. Chords are shown above the line of music as the chord name. The only time you need to make any chords would be for measures 9, 11, and 12. Finger picking, gaining thumb and finger independence, keys, chords, scales, tabs and exercises. In this edition of in deep, well be taking a look at the guitar work of two essential early blues guitar masters. Pdf download 101 mississippi delta blues fingerpicking licks read online. Lightnin hopkins guitar tabs pdf lessons that rock music. Bo weavil blues 1929 lightnin hopkins cotton 1959 featured people lightnin hopkins howlin wolf. Learn how to play on guitar rock me babe by lightnin hopkins, nice. Using an acoustic guitar, lets take a look at this approach in our travels down the time line of this. Deep texas bluesthe early blues of lightnin hopkins 2. Mel bay when you hear someone say texas blues guitar, you may immediately think of steve ray and jimmie vaughn or maybe freddie king.
Deep texas bluesthe early blues of lightnin hopkins 2 dvd set. I find it hard to believe theres no other book on this seminal texas blues artist. Samuel john lightnin hopkins march 15, 1912 january 30, 1982 was an american country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from centerville, texas. The film includes interviews and a performance by hopkins. Learn beginner chord progressions and strum patterns for a slow 12bar blues. For the rest of the post im going to take a look at the fingerpicking techniques of two great blues men lightnin hopkins, who used the monotonic bass technique, and blind boy fuller, who was a piedmont ragtime guitar. Here are some key of e blues guitar licks in open position in the. Gary davis, key to the highway big bill broonzy, sugar babe mance lipscomb, walk on brownie mcghee, shinin moon lightnin hopkins, spoonful blues mance lipscomb, come back baby lightnin hopkins. In deep with blues masters john lee hooker and lightnin. This book uses standard music notation and tablature notation. Rollin stone, still a fool or two trains runnin and their variations.
Fingerstyle blues guitar pdf west coast blues by blind blake. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins full documentary. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins 1969 the great texas bluesman lightnin hopkins is captured brilliantly in this deeply moving film. Lightnin hopkins and the blues lightnin hopkins user. Lightnin hopkins songs for all instruments and levels. Personnel on camera jazz on the screen is a reference work of filmographic information and.
This brilliant new biographythe first book ever written about himilluminates the many contradictions of the man and his myth. Hi all, im trying to locate a tab book of lightnin hopkins signature licks. Get free lightnin hopkins tab lessons blues guitar lesson lightnin hopkins licks in this blues guitar lesson teacher, eric madis, teaches a couple of key blues licks in the style of lightnin hopkins. Blues accordin to lightnin hopkins library of congress. The new york times described him as one of the great country blues singers and perhaps the greatest single influence on rock guitar players. Lightnin hopkins tab lessons abroad studyresearch eagle books.
Govenar by the time of his death in 1982, sam lightnin hopkins was likely the most recorded blues artist in history. The guitar of lightnin hopkins dvd grossmans guitar. His style included advanced techniques such as hitting and slapping the body of the guitar while playing traditional blues forms. Lightnin hopkins guitar tab books, instructional dvds, solos, licks, arrangements, tablature, transcriptions, sheet music, video lessons. Lightning hopkins guitar lesson mojo hand part 1 blues guitar lessons. Standing tall at the center of the texas blues story is lightnin hopkins. Having enjoyed lightnings music since first being exposed to it in the 1960s, it was rewarding to learn more detail of his life and music. Blanks documentary film, the blues according to lightnin. Lightnins torrent of 1960s1970s albums did little to en. A novel he evidently inspired, jane phillipss mojo. This lesson focuses on the music through which those hardships were expressed and on the. Ernie hawkins does a fantastic job of breaking down the style of lightnin hopkins in a clear and concise style that makes it easy for a relative beginner to understand. Guitar of lightnin hopkins stefan grossmans guitar workshop.
A detailed tabmusic instructional booklet is included as a pdf file on the dvd. Lightnin hopkins guitar lesson trouble in mind part 2. Smokes like lightnin the great electric show and dance. Contains a great selection of solos in a variety of blues styles including shuffles, slow.
Includes performances at an outdoor barbeque and a black rodeo. Theres adequate coverage of the numerous blues techniques and styles from the bouncy ragtime feel of blind blake to the more standard blues work of lightnin hopkins and floyd council. The invisible presence, buried deep in everyone of their guitar riffs, is the true king of texas blues, lightnin hopkins. Rock me babe tab by lightnin hopkins guitar acoustic. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins the official. The blues accordin to lightnin hopkins check out the video clip below for an excellent 30miniute documentary, capturing the life of legendary blues singerguitarist sam lightnin hopkins. When you hear someone say texas blues guitar you may immediately think of stevie ray and jimmie vaughn or maybe freddie king. Hopkins had been a prolific recording artist in the decade following his first sessions in 1948. In this lightnin hopkins lesson well take a look at a super important characteristic of his playing. Learn how to play on guitar rock me babe by lightnin hopkins, nice acoustic fingerstyle blues. Lightnin hopkins tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including baby please dont go, big mama jump, black ghost blues, blues in the bottle, bring me my shotgun. Lighnin hopkins is another key figure in the development of texas blues.
Lightning hopkins guitar lesson mojo hand part 1 youtube. Home bands free guitar tabs l lightnin hopkins guitar tabs pdf. Dvd deep texas blues the early blues of lightnin hopkins. I have yet find any book that is really could teaching the blues. Lightnin hopkins style acoustic guitar lesson ep088 description although lightnin hopkins was best known for playing fingerstyle guitar, this lesson is a series of lightnin hopkins guitar licks, played with a pick on acoustic guitar although you could do this with electric as well. Freight train elizabeth cotten, spike drivers blues mississippi john hurt, candyman rev. The inheritor of a blues tradition that went back to blind lemon jefferson and texas alexander, he was an idiosyncratic musician, at his best when playing. Hopkins was active musically until his death in 1982 of esophageal cancer. He will tie all of these concepts together within the context of a 12 bar blues exercise played in the style of lightnin hopkins. I have purchased a few teach yourself books in the past and have had minimal success in picking up the.
Lightnin, who knew blind lemon jefferson as a child, is jimmie vaughns favorite guitarist. The problem with this instruction book is that 1 the keys and tuning dont always correspond with the recordings. Free guitar lesson with tab, chords and sheet music. John lee hooker was born in 1917 in coahoma county, mississippi, and learned to play guitar from his stepfather, willie moore, who, conveniently for john lee, was friends with blind lemon. Theres also some history, featuring profiles and biographies of some of the biggest and least known blues musicians. Rolling stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time the musicologist robert mack mccormick opined that hopkins is the embodiment of the jazzandpoetry spirit. Blank reveals lightnins inspiration, and features a generous helping of classic blues. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and. The book confirms my knowledge gained over the years from lp cover notes, occasional. At this point, he began to take lessons from his older cousin, alger texas alexander.
Lightnin hopkins tabs guitar solos, tab books, instruction dvds. Lightnin hopkins, mance lipscomb, ruth ames and billy bizor. Apr 14, 2016 here are some key of e blues guitar licks in open position in the style of lightnin hopkins. The guitar of lightnin hopkins dvd grossmans guitar workshop. He was also key in developing the unmuted sound of texas blues rhythm guitar playing.
On this page youll find all my free tabs pdfs the videos for these tabs are on the page free guitar tabvideos if you like the free tabs on this page, please consider. Although i found this book called the art of shuffle that is really cheap to strengthen your rhythms chops. The tunes taught span the work of artists such as robert johnson to blind blake covering basic tunings, open g tunes and also open d dadgad. Download and print sheet music or learn how to play online. The making of the blues according to lightnin hopkins by les blank written for the program ix. The film begins depicting hopkins as a young boy at the point that he decides to become a musician and goes on to show lightnin as an adult in. In this second dvd lesson devoted to the guitar playing of lightnin hopkins, ernie. His stark, functional guitar style and rich texas drawl made his work instantly recognizable. Deep texas blues 2dvd set the early blues of lightnin hopkins by ernie. The great texas bluesman lightnin hopkins is captured brilliantly in this deeply moving film. The international festival of ethnographic films nuoro, sardinia, italy, 1998 i grew up in tampa, florida in a white, uppermiddle class home and distinctly remember the first live music i ever experienced. A portrait of the great texas bluesman, lightnin hopkins. The lesson includes a brief history on blues and two easy licks in the style of lightnin hopkins. The invisible presence, buried deep in every one of their guitar riffs, is the true king of texas blues, lightnin hopkins.
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