Level: 2/3
Tuning: Standard

When one thinks "Texas blues" the name Lightnin' Hopkins is usually first on the list. The musicologist Mack McCormick opined that Hopkins was "the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act".

Lightnin' had the perfect guitar approach to compliment his gin-soaked raspy voice. His playing in the keys of E and A are tour de forces of the blues sound.

In this lesson we check out various Lightnin' licks and picks in the key of E.