Born in Centerville, Texas, country bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins (1912–82) learned to play the guitar from his older brother John Henry Hopkins. A prolific songwriter, he recorded nearly two-hundred songs during his career, which began in the 1940s and ended in the early 1980s. Hopkins inspired Chris Strachwitz to start his Arhoolie record label. In 1959, Strachwitz traveled to Houston, Texas, where he saw Hopkins perform in an informal beer joint and was struck by his improvised lyrics and spontaneous exchange with the audience. Arhoolie would release its first recording of Hopkins in 1968. http://ow.ly/wfIr50juhMq "Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. http://ow.ly/972U50juhMp This video was posted on October 23, 2018.