Smokes Like Lightning
1963 studio album by Lightnin' Hopkins
Smokes Like Lightning | ||||
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Studio album by Lightnin' Hopkins | ||||
Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | January and February 17 & 20, 1962 | |||
Studio | Gold Star (Houston, Texas) | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 36:24 | |||
Label | Bluesville BVLP 1070 | |||
Producer | Mack McCormick | |||
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology | ||||
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Smokes Like Lightning is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in Texas in 1962 and released on the Bluesville label the following year.[1][2][3]
Reception
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The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
AllMusic reviewer Greg Adams stated: " A brief and uneven album, Smokes Like Lightnin' is less compelling than Hopkins' '50s recordings, but strikes an appealingly lazy acoustic groove".[4] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings said "the quality of Lightnin's performances is variable".[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins
- "T-Model Blues" – 2:46
- "Jackstropper Blues" – 3:22
- "You Cook All Right" – 4:15
- "My Black Name" – 3:56
- "You Never Miss Your Water" – 2:36
- "Let's Do the Susie-Q" – 3:39
- "Ida Mae" – 5:26
- "Smokes Like Lightning" – 5:13
- "Prison Farm Blues" – 4:30
Personnel
Performance
- Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, vocals
- Billy Bizor – harmonica, vocals (tracks 4 & 7)
- Buster Pickens – piano (track 9)
- Donald Cooks – bass (track 9)
- Spider Kilpatrick – drums (tracks 4, 7 & 9)
Production
References
- ^ Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series accessed November 6, 2018
- ^ Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography accessed November 6, 2018
- ^ Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 6, 2018
- ^ a b Adams, Greg. Lightnin' Hopkins: Smokes Like Lightning – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
- ^ a b Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. pp. 279–80. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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- Country Blues (1959)
- Autobiography in Blues (1960)
- Down South Summit Meetin' (1960)
- Last Night Blues (1961)
- Lightnin' (1961)
- Lightnin' in New York (1961)
- Blues in My Bottle (1961)
- Mojo Hand (1962)
- Lightnin' Sam Hopkins (1962)
- Walkin' This Road by Myself (1962)
- Lightnin' and Co. (1962)
- Lightnin' Strikes (1962)
- Blues Hoot (1963)
- Smokes Like Lightning (1963)
- Goin' Away (1963)
- Hootin' the Blues (1964)
- Down Home Blues (1964)
- Soul Blues (1965)
- My Life in the Blues (1965)
- The King of the Blues (1965)
- Lightning Hopkins with His Brothers Joel and John Henry / with Barbara Dane (1966)
- Lightnin' Strikes (1966)
- Blue Lightnin' (1967)
- Something Blue (1967)
- Texas Blues Man (1968)
- Free Form Patterns (1968)
- Talkin' Some Sense (1968)
- The Great Electric Show and Dance (1969)
- California Mudslide (and Earthquake) (1969)
- Lightnin'! (1969)
- Lightning Hopkins in Berkeley (1972)
- The Swarthmore Concert (1993)
- Live at Newport (2002)
- In the Key of Lightnin' (2002)
- Lightnin' Hopkins Strums the Blues (1958)
- Last of the Great Blues Singers (1960)
- Lightnin' and the Blues (1960)
- Lightning Hopkins Sings the Blues (1961)
- Early Recordings (1965)
- Early Recordings Vol. 2 (1971)
- Po' Lightnin' (1983)
- Mojo Hand: The Life and Music of Lightnin' Hopkins