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Title: Lightnin' Hopkins Historical Marker
Post by: uncle bud on November 23, 2010, 01:22:36 PM

There's a story at the Houston Press site about the unveiling of the historical marker for Lightnin' Hopkins.

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2010/11/lightnin_hopkins_dedication_dr.php

Photo slideshow: http://www.houstonpress.com/slideshow/lightnin-hopkins-historical-marker-dedication-31848214/18/

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Title: Re: Lightnin' Hopkins Historical Marker
Post by: Rivers on November 23, 2010, 05:50:50 PM

OMG not another one!  ;)

Title: Re: Lightnin' Hopkins Historical Marker
Post by: uncle bud on November 23, 2010, 07:24:20 PM

How many does he have?

Title: Re: Lightnin' Hopkins Historical Marker
Post by: RB on November 23, 2010, 07:39:02 PM

Thanks for the note nd the links.  I notrice one of the photographs is captioned "Houston singer Diunna Greenleaf and her band Blue Mercy performed Robert Johnson's "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day," which evolved into the blues standard "Rollin' and Tumblin'." "