The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins | movie | 1968 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Les Blank's portrait of the great Texas bluesman, 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by  | dG1fNzFyVnF1MWlIRTQ

Transcript

00:00The End

01:30You know, the blues is something that it's hard to get acquainted with.

01:51It's just like death.

01:54Now, I'll tell you about the blues now.

01:56The blues dwell with you every day and everywhere.

01:59See, you can have the blues about that you broke.

02:03You can have the blues about your girl that's gone.

02:07The blues come so many different ways until it's kind of hard to explain.

02:14But when it's never that you get a sad feeling, you can tell the whole round world you got nothing but the blues.