Lightnin' Hopkins
Subtitle: his life and blues
By: Alan Govenar.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9781556529627
Subjects: Hopkins, Lightnin', -- 1912-1982; Blues musicians -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: A biography of blues artist Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins, based on interviews with friends, fans, and colleagues, discussing his early years in Texas, his time on a chain gang, his lifelong appetite for drinking, gambling, and women, and other topics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.