Hop Wilson

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

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. In 1960, Wilson signed with Ivory Records in Houston. Wilson led recording sessions, but despised touring, and only played locally until his death in Houston in 1975. ==Influence==

While Wilson's recording career has been characterized as "slight", 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." 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. ==Discography==

• Blues With Friends At Goldband (Goldband LP: 1981) • Steel Guitar Flash! (Ace LP: 1988; Ace CD: 1994) ==References==