Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins, country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist, died on this day, January 30, 1982 at the age of 69. He was a ‘ferocious electric stylist during the sixties folk-blues revival.”

Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins, country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist, died on this day, January 30, 1982 at the age of 69. He was a ‘ferocious electric stylist during the sixties folk-blues revival.”