Smokes Like Lightning

Smokes Like Lightning is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in Texas in 1962 and released on the Bluesville label the following year.[1][2][3]

Smokes Like Lightning
Studio album by
Lightnin' Hopkins
Released1963
RecordedJanuary and February 17 & 20, 1962
StudioACA Studios (Gold Star Studios), Houston, TX
GenreBlues
Length36:24
LabelBluesville
BVLP 1070
ProducerMack McCormick
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Lightnin' and Co.
(1962)		 Smokes Like Lightning
(1963)		 Lightnin' Strikes
(1962)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[5]

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

  1. "T-Model Blues" – 2:46
  2. "Jackstropper Blues" – 3:22
  3. "You Cook All Right" – 4:15
  4. "My Black Name" – 3:56
  5. "You Never Miss Your Water" – 2:36
  6. "Let's Do the Susie-Q" – 3:39
  7. "Ida Mae" – 5:26
  8. "Smokes Like Lightning" – 5:13
  9. "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
  1. Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series accessed November 6, 2018
  2. Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography accessed November 6, 2018
  3. Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography accessed November 6, 2018
  4. Adams, Greg. Lightnin' Hopkins: Smokes Like Lightning – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  5. 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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