Lightnin' Strikes (Verve Folkways album)


Lightnin' Strikes is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in Los Angeles in 1965 and released on the Vee-Jay label.

Reception

reviewer Cub Coda stated: "he's playing electric with a small band, even turning in chaotic instrumentals like "Guitar Lightnin,'" "Shake Yourself,"... and it all works!... there's a lot of great Lightnin' on here".

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins
  1. "Mojo Hand" – 3:13
  2. "Little Wail" – 2:50
  3. "Cotton" – 5:57
  4. "Take Me Back" – 2:55
  5. "Nothin' But the Blues" – 5:15
  6. "Hurricane Betsy" – 5:45
  7. "Guitar Lightnin'" – 4:12
  8. "Woke Up This Morning" – 4:20
  9. "Shake Yourself" – 4:15

    Personnel

Performance