An incredible guitarist. One of the greatest ever, in any musical form.

I'd like to get some of those Eddie Van Halen/Motley Crue/etc, etc dumbasses, duct tape them to a chair and force them to listen to a couple hours of Lightnin'

Would be a waste of time though.
They're too dumb and deaf to appreciate greatness.

A great guitarist. When you listen to some of his boogie type music, you can hear the genesis of 50's rock and roll (Play with your Poodle).

Why this man isn't higher on this list I cant figure.Easily one of the greatest guitarists EVER:that's why he was also known as Mojo Hand.By himself he sounds like two or three people playing:WAY before you could fake that in a studio!

Lightnin' was different. His songs were often more like conversations. He could make up a song about anything right on the spot. I'm so glad I got to see him perform live. Texas is second only to Mississippi in producing all time blues greats and Lightnin' Hopkins is one of the reasons.

A very mournful blues guitarist/singer. I'll never forget " gimme back that wig I bought you,baby....mama,let your god damn head go bald. " Classic!!

I'd don't know much about Lightnin Hopkins (except that REM named a terrible song after him), beyond one wonderful song my uncle taped for me once called "Trouble In Mind". There's a great lyric along the lines of: "I'm gonna lay my head down on that railroad tie/ Let the 5:19 satisfy this mind of mine..." Chilling!