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.

Reception

Cub Koda, writing for AllMusic, described a later compilation featuring the entire album as an "interesting collection" and opined, "For a hodgepodge of leftovers, 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

• Lightnin' Hopkins – electric guitar, vocals
• Don Crawford – harmonica
• Jimmy Bond – bass
• Earl Palmer – drums

References