HARDIN " HOP" WILSON

Guitarra de blues con un sabor que inevitablemente recuerda a Elmore James, tocaba en una mesa de ocho cuerdas la guitarra , ( sin pedal ) de acero era el sonido de marca registrada de Houston leyenda del blues Hop Wilson.  Estaba considerado como un fenómeno local, Wilson grabó de manera irregular y odiaba salir de gira. A pesar de que también tocó el down -home blues con  la guitarra eléctrica convencional , Wilson era un cantante, de potente voz a,sus efectos únicos  permanecen como una influencia clara sobre Johnny Winter y Jimmie Vaughan, por nombrar algunos.

Wilson aprendió a tocar la guitarra y la armónica siendo un niño. En cuanto cumplió  18 años, recibió su primera guitarra y comenzó a tocar el style  en reuniones  y clubes locales juke Houston. Su carrera musical se vio interrumpido cuando sirvió en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Después de su baja del Ejército, decidió seguir una carrera seria como músico de blues, tocando con el grupo de Marfil Semien en los últimos años 50. Wilson y Semien registran algunas piezas  para Goldband Rcds. en 1957.

Hop Wilson no condujo sus propias sesiones hasta 1960, cuando firmó con el sello discográfico 

IVORY , Grabó para el  sello unos dos años - sus sesiones finales fueron en 1961. Después de 1961, Wilson se concentró en tocar  los clubes y bares de la zona de Houston. Ciertamente se puede decir que  continuó actuando en Houston hasta su muerte en 1975.

Algunos apodos con los cuales también se conocía al guitarrista 

Hop Wilson & His Blues Steel Guitar, Hop Wilson And His Buddies

En Grupos:

Hop Wilson & His Chickens, Poppa Hop And His Orchestra

                            

                            

                           

                          

Birth: Apr. 27, 1921

Grapeland

Houston County

Texas, USA

Death: Aug. 27, 1975

Houston

Harris County

Texas, USA

Blues Musician. He was a native of Grapeland, Texas, and an expert lap steel guitar player, harmonica player, and vocalist. Wilson is best known for his work on the eight-string Hawaiian steel guitar, which he helped popularize throughout the South during the 1940s and 1950s. Wilson played the instrument country and western-style on a stand or in his lap. His unique slide stylings had a significant impact on a variety of guitar players, including L.C. "Good Rockin" Robinson, Sonny Rhodes, Jimmy Vaughn, and Johnny Winter. Working in East Texas and Louisiana, he made a few singles along with a handful of tracks released after his death, which account for his entire recorded legacy. They are sufficient to establish Wilson as one of the most original blues artists of his time.

Houston blues legend Hop Wilson was born Hardin Wilson on April 27, 1921 in Crockett, Texas. He learned how to play guitar and harmonica as a child. He was nicknamed "Harp" at an early age for his frequent harmonica playing. Over time "Harp" became "Hop." When he was 18 years old, he received his first steel guitar and began playing at local juke joints and nightclubs. Hop served in the US Army during WWII. After his discharge from the Army, he decided to pursue a career as a blues musician, performing with Ivory Lee Semien's group in the late '50s. Wilson and Semien recorded a number of sides for Goldband Records in 1957. Wilson's unique style of slide guitar-playing on an eight-string table steel guitar has been a key influence on a number of blues guitarists, including Johnny Winter and Jimmy Vaughan.