Album
Lightnin' Strikes
1962 · Blues
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Lightnin' Strikes is a Blues album by Lightnin' Hopkins, originally released in 1962. On Gatefold: 31 pressings tracked.
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 vinyl and distorting out in several spots. If you can find the live material on another compilation and can audition it before buying, pass this one by.
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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
Sound DNA
- Blues
- Chicago & Electric Blues
- gritty
- mournful
- storytelling
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Don CrawfordHARMONICA
- Earl PalmerDRUMS
- Jimmy BondBASS
- Lightnin' HopkinsGUITAR VOCALS, GUITAR WRITTEN-BY, VOCALS, GUITAR
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 31 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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