| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | irishgit (146)
08/12/2008 | 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.
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 | decalod85 (10)
12/06/2005 | 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).
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 | Djahuti (56)
11/11/2004 | 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!
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 | StevePI (0)
07/12/2004 | 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.
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 | Sonny Boy (0)
03/20/2001 | 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!!
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 | Ruby (15)
11/11/1999 | 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!
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