Lightnin' Strikes is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in Texas in 1962 and released on the Vee-Jay label.[1][2]

Lightnin' Strikes
Studio album by Lightnin' Hopkins
Released	May 26, 1962
Recorded	1962
Studio	Gold Star Studios, Houston, TX
Genre	Blues
Length	31:53
Label	Vee-Jay VJLP 1044
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Smokes Like Lightning (1962) Lightnin' Strikes (1962) Hootin' the Blues (1962)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[4]

The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote: "Creatively speaking, this is Lightnin' on no more than good form, rising to very good indeed in 'Walking Round in Circles', but the sonic effects lend the music a strangeness that some listeners may find attractive".[4] AllMusic reviewer Cub Koda stated: "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. ... 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".[3]

Track listing

All compositions credited to Bill Quinn and Lola Anne Cullen except where noted

1. "Got Me a Louisiana Woman" (Sam Hopkins, Ivory Lee Semien) – 3:02
2. "Want to Come Home" – 3:55
3. "Please Don't Quit Me" – 3:09
4. "Devil Is Watching You" – 3:57
5. "Rolling and Rolling" – 2:56
6. "War Is Starting Again" (Hopkins, Semien) – 3:02
7. "Walkin' Round in Circles" – 3:02
8. "Mary Lou" – 3:13
9. "Heavy Snow" – 3:31
10. "Coon Is Hard to Catch" – 4:10

Personnel

Performance

• Lightnin' Hopkins – guitar, electric guitar, vocals
• Other unidentified musicians (tracks 1 & 6)

References