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Blues Unlimited #234 - The Pride of Houston: Lightnin' Hopkins & Bill Quinn's Legendary Gold Star Records (Hour 1)

by Sleepy Boy Hawkins

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Join us as we aim the spotlight on Bill Quinn’s legendary Gold Star record label. Founded in Houston in the late 1940s, he recorded some of the cream of the crop of Texas postwar country blues, including Thunder Smith, L.C. Williams, Lil' Son Jackson, and — our man of the hour — Lightnin' Hopkins.


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Hour 2
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released March 17, 2016

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Blues Unlimited is a weekly show that has been called the "best blues radio show in the United States," and has an established and loyal audience of listeners from around the globe. Hosted by "Sleepy Boy Hawkins" (the alter-ego of scholar, author, fanatic, and historian Steve Franz), each installment is a self-contained evergreen show, delving into a different genre, topic, or aspect of the blues. ... more

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