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Hop Wilson (Harding Wilson) was born on 27 April, 1921 in Grapeland, Texas, United States, is an American Texas blues guitarist. Discover Hop Wilson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

Popular As Harding Wilson
Occupation Guitarist, singer
Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 27 April, 1921
Birthday 27 April
Birthplace Grapeland, Texas, United States
Date of death 27 August, 1975
Died Place Houston, Texas, United States
Nationality United States

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1921

Harding "Hop" Wilson (April 27, 1921 – August 27, 1975) was an American Texas blues steel guitar player.

Wilson gained the nickname "Hop" as a devolution of "Harp" due to his constant playing of a harmonica as a child.

His low sounding playing gave several of his tracks, even "Merry Christmas Darling", a morose, disillusioned feel.

Wilson was born in Grapeland, Texas, in 1921, learning to play guitar and harmonica at an early age.

Acquiring his first steel guitar sometime between the age of 12 and 18, Wilson performed at various Houston clubs.

He served in the United States Army and became a private first class.

After serving in the Army, Wilson decided to pursue a musical career.

1950

Wilson began his career performing with drummer Ivory Lee Semien and bassist "Ice Water" Jones in the 1950s, recording tracks in 1957 for Goldband Records in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

He was described as having "absorbed not only the black Texas blues as sung and played by the likes of Blind Lemon Jefferson but also the heavily amplified, often wildly distorted, steel guitar sounds of the region's white Western Swing bands."

1960

In 1960, Wilson signed with Ivory Records in Houston.

1975

Wilson led recording sessions, but despised touring, and only played locally until his death in Houston in 1975.

1985

Wilson's song "My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone" was recorded by Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland and Robert Cray as "Black Cat Bone" on their 1985 combined release Showdown!, released through Alligator Records.

Their recording features a spoken introduction where Copeland and Collins discussed Wilson started by Copeland as follows:

"Black Cat Bone" has since become a popular blues standard, and has been recorded by numerous contemporary blues artists including

Matt Schofield, The Nimmo Brothers and Philipp Fankhauser.

1994

While Wilson's recording career has been characterized as "slight", he did have an influence on a variety of musicians, including Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones, who stated in 1994 "There's another guitar player called Hop Wilson. I got songs that I wrote like 'Black Limousine' from him, those kinds of licks".

2007

Peter Green, founder of Fleetwood Mac, interviewed in 2007 discussing his favourite blues artists, stated "then there's Hop Wilson, a slide guitar player from Houston who used a twin-neck lap steel. He recorded a couple of singles calling himself Pap Hop, and wrote the song "Black Cat Bone". I love his album Texas Steel Guitar Flash."