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Lightnin' Hopkins

Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Lightnin' Hopkins
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  • Lightnin' Hopkins
  • Lightnin' Hopkins
  • Lightnin' Hopkins
  • Lightnin' Hopkins

    Object Details

    Producer

    Charters, Samuel Barclay, 1929-2015

    Commentator

    Charters, Samuel Barclay, 1929-2015

    Artist

    Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982

    Performer

    Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982

    Collection Creator

    Asch, Moses
    Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
    Folkways Records

    Collection Citation

    Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

    Track Information

    101. Penitentiary blues. (2:45). 102. Bad luck and trouble. (3:40). 103. Come go home with me. (3:45). 104. Trouble stay way from my door. (4:00). 105. See that my grave is kept clean. (2:05). 201. Goin' back to Florida. (3:10). 202. Reminiscences of Blind Lemon. (2:10). 203. Fan it. (2:40). 204. Tell Me, Baby. (2:30). 205. She's mine. (4:10).
    sova.cfch.asch_ref28578

    GUID

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk527c01d76-a450-465d-a654-cbc35cc2fed5

    Local Numbers

    FW-ASCH-LP-0111 FW03822 Folkways.3822

    Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)

    New York Folkways 1959

    Participant or Performer Note

    Performer(s): Lightnin' Hopkins, guitar and voice.

    Date/Time and Place of an Event Note

    Recorded at 2803 Hadley St., Houston, Texas, Jan. 16, 1959 by Samuel B. Charters.

    General

    Program notes with biographical information by Sam Charters (4 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

    Place

    United States
    Texas
    Houston (Tex.)

    Topic

    Blues (Music)
    Guitar
    African Americans

    Producer

    Charters, Samuel Barclay, 1929-2015

    Commentator

    Charters, Samuel Barclay, 1929-2015

    Artist

    Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982

    Performer

    Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982

    Culture

    Americans

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    Moses and Frances Asch Collection
    Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / LP

    Extent

    1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)

    Date

    1959

    Archival Repository

    Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

    Identifier

    CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-LP-0111

    Type

    Archival materials
    Phonograph records

    Collection Rights

    Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

    Restrictions

    Restrictions on access.
    CFCH.ASCH_ref28578
    Large EAD
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk527c01d76-a450-465d-a654-cbc35cc2fed5
    CFCH.ASCH
    CFCHFOLKLIFE

    Record ID

    ebl-1649170801566-1649171786022-0

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