Original photograph of Lightnin' Lightning Hopkins, circa 1970s

by Lightnin' Hopkins, subject, Lightning

$1,200 · Offered by Royal Books

N.p. N.p., Circa 1970s. Vintage photograph of country blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins smoking a cigarette in his customary dark shades, circa 1970s. Born Sam John Hopkins in Centerville, Texas, in 1912, Lightnin' Hopkins was influenced at an early age by Blind Lemon Jefferson, whom he met at a church picnic in Buffalo, Texas. He attempted to break into the music industry several times throughout the 1930s and early 1940s, ultimately unsuccessful until

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