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Lightnin' Hopkins
Centerville, United States
Lightnin' Hopkins is credited on 1,563 releases across 477 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,563
Pressings credited
477
Albums
8
Decades active
374
In collections
Biography
Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
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Credited work
1,563 releases · 477 albums · active 1952–2026
- Performance · 3,400
- Other credits · 114
- Production · 2
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Fillmore East · Nola Recording Studios · The Keystone, Berkeley · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Slowhand
1977

The Grateful Dead
1967

Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
1977

History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice)
1973

Hot Tuna
1970

Live At Keystone
1973

Ssssh.
1969

Johnny Winter
1969

Lightnin' Strikes
1962

24 Nights
1991

Burning Hell
1964

The Great Blues Men
1972

Orgy Of The Damned
2024

Lightnin' Hopkins
1969

Whites Off Earth Now!!
1986

First Pull Up, Then Pull Down
1971

Major Moves
1984

Dion
1968

Mojo Hand
1962

Rich White Honky Blues
2022

Peter Case
1986

Together Again...Live
1976

The Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
1969

Sings The Blues
1961
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Lightning Hopkins
- Grateful Dead
- Hot Tuna
- Dion (3)
- John Hammond
- Parov Stelar
- Townes Van Zandt
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