Lightnin' Strikes is a Blues album by Lightnin' Hopkins, originally released in 1962. On Gatefold: 31 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Blues
- Chicago & Electric Blues
- gritty
- mournful
- storytelling
About
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. Lightnin's spoken introduction sets up the hilarious "Big Car Blues," part of five live tracks aboard, before setting up eight heavily reverbed studio tracks from Bill Quinn's Gold Star Studios. The final 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. While the material on here is classic Lightnin', the sound is dodgy throughout, the live tracks pulled from .
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Tracklist
- 1Got Me a Louisiana Woman2:59
- 2Want To Come Home3:55
- 3Please Don't Quit Me3:11
- 4Devil Is Watching You4:00
- 5Rolling and Rolling2:59
- 6War Is Starting Again3:04
- 7Walking Around In Circles3:08
- 8Mary Lou2:06
- 9Heavy Snow2:09
- 10Coon Is Hard To Catch4:15
Credits
Performers
- Jimmy BondBASS
- Earl PalmerDRUMS
- Don CrawfordHARMONICA
- Lightnin' HopkinsVOCALS GUITAR
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 31 pressings tracked on Gatefold