Editing Lightnin' Hopkins (section)

{{Short description|American singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist (1912–1982)}}
{{Other people|Sam Hopkins|Samuel Hopkins (disambiguation){{!}}Samuel Hopkins}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Lightnin' Hopkins 
| image               = Lightnin'_Hopkins.jpg
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| background          = solo_singer
| birth_name          = Samuel John Hopkins
| alias               =
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1912|03|15}}
| birth_place         = [[Centerville, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1982|01|30|1912|03|15}}
| death_place         = [[Houston]], Texas, U.S.
| origin              =
| instrument          = {{hlist|Guitar|piano|[[organ (music)|organ]]|vocals}}
| genre               = {{hlist|[[Electric blues]]|[[country blues]]|[[Texas blues]]}}
| occupation          = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| years_active        = 1946–1982
| label               = {{hlist|[[Aladdin Records (US)|Aladdin]]|[[Modern Records|Modern]]|[[RPM Records (USA)|RPM]]|[[Gold Star Records|Gold Star]]|[[Sittin' in With]]/Jax|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[Decca Records|Decca]]|[[Herald Records|Herald]]|[[Folkways Records|Folkways]]|[[Pacific Jazz Records|World Pacific]]|[[Vee-Jay Records|Vee-Jay]]|[[Arhoolie Records|Arhoolie]]|[[Bluesville Records|Bluesville]]|[[Tradition Records|Tradition]]|[[Fire Records|Fire]]|[[Candid Records|Candid]]|[[Imperial Records|Imperial]]|[[Prestige Records|Prestige]]|[[Verve Records|Verve]]|[[Jewel Records (Shreveport record label)|Jewel]]}}
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'''Samuel John''' "'''Lightnin''''" '''Hopkins''' (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982)<ref name="bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues: A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger | location= Santa Barbara, California| pages=294 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref> was an American [[country blues]] singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from [[Centerville, Texas]]. In 2010, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-19691231/lightnin-hopkins-19691231 |title=Lightnin' Hopkins {{pipe}} Rolling Stone Music {{pipe}} Lists |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2010-08-09}}</ref>

The [[musicologist]] [[Robert "Mack" McCormick]] opined that Hopkins is "the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act".<ref name="russell">{{cite book
| first= Tony
| last= Russell
| year= 1997
| title= The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray
| publisher= Carlton Books
| location= Dubai
| page= 64
| isbn= 1-85868-255-X}}</ref>  He influenced [[Townes Van Zandt]], [[Hank Williams, Jr.]], and a generation of blues musicians such as [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]], whose Grammy-nominated song "[[Rude Mood]]" was directly inspired by the Texan's song "Hopkins' Sky Hop".<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1984/grammys.htm|title = 26th Grammy Awards - 1984|date = |access-date = |website = |publisher = Rock on the Net|last = |first = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C06sjY7YgXE|title = Stevie Ray Vaughan - Interview 06/23/88|date = 23 June 1988|access-date = 28 Jul 2014|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> In his own lifetime, Hopkins was one of the initial inductees in 1980 to the [[Blues Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1980 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://blues.org/hof_years/1980-blues-hall-of-fame-inductees/page/2/|website=Blues.org}}</ref>