Hop Wilson

Slide electric guitar blues with an Elmore Adam flavor played with an eight-string desk (non-pedal) steel electric guitar was the trademarked sound of Houston blues legend Hop Wilson. Totally a local sensation, Wilson documented fitfully and hated touring. Though he also performed great down-home blues on typical guitar and was a robust singer aswell, it really is Wilson’s exclusive glide stylings that stay a signature impact on Johnny Wintertime and Jimmie Vaughan, to mention several. Wilson learned how exactly to play electric guitar and harmonica as a kid. By enough time he was 18, he received his 1st steel acoustic guitar and started playing it at regional Houston juke bones and night clubs. His musical profession was interrupted when he offered in World Battle II. After his release from the Military, he made a decision to pursue a significant career like a blues musician, carrying out with Ivory Semien’s group in the past due ’50s. Wilson and Semien documented several edges for Goldband Information in 1957. Hop Wilson didn’t business lead his own classes until 1960, when he authorized using the Ivory record label. Wilson just documented for the label for just two years — his last sessions had been in 1961. After 1961, Wilson focused on playing regional Houston night clubs and pubs. He continued to execute in Houston until his loss of life in 1975.