Sam John Hopkins wasn’t known as “Lightnin'” until a music executive heard him play in a recording session in 1946. Ever since then, Hopkins’s gutsy vocals and impressive blues guitar helped him live up to his name. His “Jailhouse Blues” summons the image of a small, rural prison. The blues man’s deep bass demands our attention like rolling thunder, as he pleads:
“Mister jailer
Will you please sir bring me the key
I just want you to open the door
‘Cause this ain’t no place for me”
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