Chuck Prophet Let Freedom Ring 7/26/04 Texas bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins career

Texas bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins career was both long and fruitful

††He published many albums during†the 1950s-60s and wrote hundreds of†songs

Released: 05/26/2023

with high profile collaborators including London Sinfonietta

Chuck Prophet Let Freedom Ring 7/26/04 Texas bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins careerThe studio was state of the art for 1957. Surgical masks were as common as sunglasses. Earthquakes shook the streets. This was Mexico City, 2009, the city that was the muse for Chuck Prophet's new album Let Freedom Ring! Needing a vantage point outside his home country to make what he calls, "a political album for non political people," Chuck and his band found themselves at the epicenter of the biggest pandemic scare of the new century. Swine flu was