Lightnin' Strikes (Vee-Jay album)

Lightnin' Strikes is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in Texas in 1962 and released on the Vee-Jay label.[1][2]

Lightnin' Strikes
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 26, 1962
Recorded1962
StudioGold Star Studios, Houston, TX
GenreBlues
Length31:53
LabelVee-Jay
VJLP 1044
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Smokes Like Lightning
(1962)
Lightnin' Strikes
(1962)
Hootin' the Blues
(1962)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[4]

The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote: "Creatively speaking, this is Lightnin' on no more than good form, rising to very good indeed in 'Walking Round in Circles', but the sonic effects lend the music a strangeness that some listeners may find attractive".[4] AllMusic reviewer Cub Koda stated: "This brings together some early-'60s sides that Hopkins recorded for the Chicago-based Vee-Jay label, although all of them were recorded in his native Houston. ... two are full-band tracks produced by drummer King Ivory Lee Semiens with Lightnin' playing electric, the band following his erratic timing as best as they can".[3]

Track listing

All compositions credited to Bill Quinn and Lola Anne Cullen except where noted

  1. "Got Me a Louisiana Woman" (Sam Hopkins, Ivory Lee Semien) – 3:02
  2. "Want to Come Home" – 3:55
  3. "Please Don't Quit Me" – 3:09
  4. "Devil Is Watching You" – 3:57
  5. "Rolling and Rolling" – 2:56
  6. "War Is Starting Again" (Hopkins, Semien) – 3:02
  7. "Walkin' Round in Circles" – 3:02
  8. "Mary Lou" – 3:13
  9. "Heavy Snow" – 3:31
  10. "Coon Is Hard to Catch" – 4:10

Personnel

Performance

  • Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, electric guitar, vocals
  • Other unidentified musicians (tracks 1 & 6)

References

  1. Both Sides Now: Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 1: Main Series LP-100-101 & LP-1001-1070 (1956–1963) accessed November 8, 2018
  2. Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 8, 2018
  3. Koda, Cub. Lightnin' Hopkins: Ligntnin' Strikes – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  4. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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