Alan Govenar (59 page)

62.
Kessler, September 3, 2009. For more information, see
Lightnin' Hopkins: Rare Performances, 1969–1979,
Vestapol Videos 13022.

63.
Steve Ditzell, interview by Alan Govenar, April 17, 2009.

64.
Ibid.

65.
Robert Palmer, “Lightnin' Hopkins at 68: Still Singing Those Blues,”
New York Times,
October 31, 1980.

66.
Steve Cushing, interview by Alan Govenar, December 14, 2008.

67.
Ibid.

68.
Ibid.

69.
Lightnin's last recordings were not released until 1983 on
Forever—Last Recordings,
Paris (French) LP 3368.

70.
“Legendary Blues Artist Dies of Pneumonia at 69,” United Press International,
Houston Chronicle,
February 1, 1982.

71.
Anna Mae Box, January 29, 2002.

72.
Ibid.

73.
Ibid.

74.
Ibid.

75.
Ibid.

76.
Ibid.

77.
Benson, November 7, 2008.

78.
Ibid.

79.
Marty Racine, “1,000 Mourners Pay Tribute to Musician Lightnin Hopkins,”
Houston Chronicle,
February 4, 1982.

80.
Ibid.

81.
Bob Claypool, “Respects Offered at ‘Last Call' for Hopkins,”
Houston Post,
February 2, 1982.

82.
Benson, November 7, 2008.

83.
Houston Chronicle,
February 1, 1982.

84.
All efforts to find Lightnin's children Charles and Celestine have been unsuccessful.

85.
Benson, November 7, 2008.

86.
Sam L. Hopkins, Last Will and Testament, January 27, 1982, filed with the Harris County Clerk in Houston on February 19, 1982.

87.
Box, January 29, 2002.

88.
Interview outtakes to The Blues According to Lightnin' Hopkins, 1969.

89.
Huey Lewis covered “Good Morning Little School” for his LP
Four Chords and Seven Years Ago,
released on November 1, 1994. He insisted that he was covering Lightnin's version of the song, even though Sonny Boy Williamson had recorded it first. Van Morrison covered Lightnin's “Better Watch Yourself” in his song “Stop Drinking,” released on October 21, 2003.

90.
Benson, November 7, 2008.

91.
Letter from Chris Strachwitz to Antoinette Charles, February 3, 1982.

92.
Chris Strachwitz, interview by Alan Govenar, May 22, 2009.

93.
Letter from Chris Strachwitz to Antoinette Charles, February 3, 1982.

94.
John Corry, “Sam Hopkins Returns,”
New York Times,
September 16, 1980.

95.
David Evans, e-mail correspondence, June 16, 2009.

96.
Benson, November 7, 2008.

97.
Interview outtakes from The Blues According to Lightnin' Hopkins, 1969.

98.
Wolfgang Saxon, “Sam (Lightnin') Hopkins, 69, Blues Singer and Guitarist,”
New York Times,
February 1, 1982.

99.
Bill Minutaglio, “Saying Goodbye,”
Houston Chronicle,
February 2, 1982.

100.
Interview outtakes to The Blues According to Lightnin' Hopkins, 1969.

101.
Houston Chronicle,
February 1, 1982.

102.
Les Blank, “Lightnin' Hopkins, 1912–1982,”
Living Blues
53 (Summer–Autumn 1982), p. 15.

103.
Carroll Peery, interview by Alan Govenar, May 22, 2009.

104.
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