Some of the hottest Texas Blues: Johnny Copeland in 1984

Johnny Clyde Copeland (shown here in Germany playing Devils Hand) was one-of-a-kind bluesman: a really powerful singer, always with his own great stuff, and an unbeatable live performer, one of the hardest working men in the biz. Note his trademark boxing-like ways when he does one of his down-to-earth guitar solos: he really would set any place on fire with that!
Johnny made many TV shows in Europe in the 1980s, so hopefully some utube blues fans could bring us some other fragments of them.
This masterful Texas bluesman, who literally gave his heart out to the music, really deserves to live on the Net forever.
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[Toris93]

another fantastic bluesman! thanks to srv for introducing me to him=)

[Dadstoold]

one for the best

[timberbeast420]

Love texas style blues,,guys like Lightnin Hopkins made it happen,,god love him,

[ChezKiva]

@Boudreaux641 - She played the Hot Springs Bluesfest a couple of years back. IMHO, a Great singer, but sorely in need of some really well crafted (non-gospel) songs.

ref: --dis nuh king james version, seen?

[ChezKiva]

@Pimp88z - Sorry dude, I was responding to 'eliteslayer's comment praising SRV. I lived in Austin, enough about SRV! There are millions of innovators I do dearly love, Johnny Copeland and Otis Span among them. As to 'Great' -living guitarists, check Jean Leloup. I've got hundreds more to share, for anyone interested!

[Pimp88z]

@ChezKiva Men just shut up :P I wish you never had hands so you could type this message. I`m so tired of imitators who post indecent comments on youtube...... I like the innovators more, like myself :P.

[ChezKiva]

If I could turn back the hands of tiem, I never would have allowed Stevie Ray to buy his first guitar. I'm so sick of the imitators, so sad we never hear enough of the innovators.

Otis Spain? Wasn't he one of the greatest names back in 1970's... ?

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@VelvetBulldozer: Man alive, I do miss Johnny Copeland. I have been a fan of his since the 1980s and his great album "Copeland Special." I've had the privilege of seeing Albert Collins and Robert Cray, his co-performers on their Grammy-winning LP, but didn't get to see JC, who left us much too soon. He always had such tight bands on his recordings, and even some jazzy arrangements on some tunes. A master who is sorely missed in the blues world.

[Boudreaux641]

His daughter Shemekia Copeland ain't to shabby either! Se covers a lot of the old man's songs.

[takkcertu]

Very good

[eliteslayer66]

WHAT THE HELL HOW COME I JUST NOW HEARD OF HIM!!!! I Listen to Stevie ray religiously yet ive never heard of this guy. man!