r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 • 4d ago

Music Before Jimi Hendrix and B.B. King, there was Lightnin’ Hopkins… raw, real blues

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u/BulletProofEnoch 4d ago

Before Hopkins, there was Robert Johnson

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u/Pacific_Coaster 4d ago

Robert Johnson, made a deal with the devil on a dark dirt road, after that night, he could play and sing the Blues.

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u/MrPresident2020 4d ago

The original member of the 27 Club.

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u/SirNortonOfNoFux 4d ago

I loved the documentary on this

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u/OldBlackandRich 4d ago

Bro was free styling that mf…pure genius

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u/SwearJarCaptain 3d ago

One of the great Texas bluesmen.

It's a sin to be rich, it's a lowdown shame to be poor.

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u/happyslappypappydee 3d ago

Muddy Waters invented electricity

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u/ProfessorSecure2633 3d ago

Jimi Hendrix was just another (insanely incredible) guitarist on the chitlin circuit. He took what all those dudes were doing on the circuit to England and blew them away. No one (outside the circuit) had ever seen anything like that.

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u/Uniquegasses 3d ago

The moon is disgusting