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The great Hop Wilson makes the Washington Post!

Posted: 16 Oct 2023 2:37 pm
by Jack Hanson
Great photo of the obscure blues steel guitar legend in this fascinating article about the controversial Mack McCormick:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertai ... mccormick/

Alas, they misidentify Wilson as a "slide guitarist." Most photos show him behind a D-8 Gibson console.

Posted: 22 Oct 2023 7:24 pm
by Michael Johnstone
"Chicken Stuff" was my favorite tune of his. Hop use to play a Stringmaster laying on a folding card table which also held his cigarettes, ashtray, a glass and a bottle of hootch.

Posted: 23 Oct 2023 5:57 pm
by Tony Oresteen
It's behind a paywall - could not read it.