Lightnin' Strikes (Verve Folkways album)

Lightnin' Strikes (reissued as Nothin' But the Blues) is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in Los Angeles in 1965 and released on the Vee-Jay label.[1][2][3]

This article is about the Lightnin' Hopkins album released on Verve Folkways in 1966. For the Lightnin' Hopkins album released on Vee-Jay in 1962, see Lightnin' Strikes (Vee-Jay album).

Lightnin' Strikes
Studio album by
Lightnin' Hopkins
Released1966
RecordedOctober 4 & 5, 1965
StudioLos Angeles, CA
GenreBlues
Length38:42
LabelVerve Folkways
FVS 9022
ProducerDavid Hubert
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Live at Newport
(2002)		 Lightnin' Strikes
(1966)		 Something Blue
(1967)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

AllMusic 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".[4]

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

References
  1. Both Sides Now: Verve Folkways/Forecast Discography accessed November 12, 2018
  2. Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 12, 2018
  3. O'Brien, T. J. Lightnin' Album of the Week: Week 24 February 19, 2011 accessed November 12, 2018
  4. Coda, Cub. Lightnin' Hopkins: Nothin' But the Blues, Pt. 4 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
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