The Guitar Of Lightnin’ Hopkins

When you hear someone say “Texas Blues Guitar,” you may immediately think of Steve Ray and Jimmie Vaughn or maybe Freddie King. The invisible presence, buried deep in everyone of their guitar riffs, is the true king of Texas blues, Lightnin’ Hopkins. Lightnin’, who knew Blind Lemon Jefferson as a child, is Jimmie Vaughn’s favorite guitarist. Offered here are all the basics, many of the secrets and tricks of Lightnin’s deeply accomplished, deceptively simple acoustic Texas boogie guitar style. This lesson features rare video footage from the 1950’s and 1960’s of Lightnin’ playing five tunes. Lightnin’ plays the tune and then Ernie analyzes it lick by lick. This video presents a wonderful opportunity to go to the source of Texas blues and learn from the master who inspired generations of guitar heroes. Tab & notation booklet included.
Customer Review: Love It, But!
Ernie Hawkins is great and I love him but there are few Hopkins selection in this DVD. I wish he could have added two or three more.
Customer Review: please write my mama (she don’t need to know but drop her a note)
If you’re really serious about trying to learn Lightnin’ Hopkins style of guitar, this is your video bible. 100% agree with the other review that this is in no way intended for anybody who could be considered a beginner; it actually humbled me a bit in that i found myself having to go back and learn more elementary things from other sources just to be able to keep up with the dvd. Uninformed listeners might hear Lightnin’s music and think “he’s recycling the same three riffs” but that’s missing the entire subtle genius of it; it’s almost always similar but it’s never, ever the same. Ernie Hawkins does a fantastic job teaching this principle and teaches you many subtle variations so you can tweak the 5 songs you learn here to sound like other Lightnin’ tunes pretty easily. You will likely have to develop your hand strength just to physically be able to do some of the bending and sliding that happens here, and forget everything you know about bass rhythm because Lightnin’s thumb had a mind of its own. This will be hard, and this will be frustrating, but if you stick with it you’ll learn a rich and rewarding style of Texas blues guitar that sounds great and is a blast to play. “BUY NOW”