Hop Wilson has been played on NTS shows including Death Is Not The End, with Rockin' In The Coconut Top first played on 1 November 2020.

Hardin "Hop" Wilson (April 27, 1927 – August 27, 1975) was an American 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, United States, in 1927, learning to play guitar and harmonica at an early age. Acquiring his first steel guitar sometime…