Lightnin' Hopkins
This week's late-running Timewatch features bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightnin%27_Hopkins
The short version is that he was born in Centerville, TX, about 30 miles west of Crockett where this sculpture by Jim Jeffries is to be found along Camp Street. It commemorates the fact that Lightnin' Hopkins often played there, both on the street and in the street's establishments when it was the center of the Black Business District in Houston County (circa 1940). The bluesman died in Houston, aged 69, in 1982.
bithbox # 227 Lightnin' Hopkins "Baby Please Don't Go"
Before you ask, yes, Crockett was named after Davy. Apparently he camped nearby on his way to the Alamo.
Lightnin' Hopkins
This week's late-running Timewatch features bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightnin%27_Hopkins
The short version is that he was born in Centerville, TX, about 30 miles west of Crockett where this sculpture by Jim Jeffries is to be found along Camp Street. It commemorates the fact that Lightnin' Hopkins often played there, both on the street and in the street's establishments when it was the center of the Black Business District in Houston County (circa 1940). The bluesman died in Houston, aged 69, in 1982.
bithbox # 227 Lightnin' Hopkins "Baby Please Don't Go"
Before you ask, yes, Crockett was named after Davy. Apparently he camped nearby on his way to the Alamo.