Title: Lightnin' Strikes (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) Artist: Lightnin Hopkins Label: Verve Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 602458538359 Genre: Blues Release Date: 2025-01-24 Number of Discs: 1
Lightnin' Strikes (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) [180g LP] Verve Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered on 180g vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging. Recorded in 1966 for the Verve Folkways label, Lightnin' Strikes may not have the notoriety as some of Hopkins' other albums, but this set backed by Jimmy Bond (bass), Earl Palmer (drums) and Don Crawford (harmonica) is classic Lightnin'. From the opener, "Mojo Hand," to the ballad "Woke Up This Morning," Lightnin' Strikes showcases classic blues from one of the best there was. Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
Tracks: 1.1 Got Me a Louisiana Woman 1.2 Want to Come Home 1.3 Please Don't Quit Me 1.4 Devil Is Watching You 1.5 Rolling and Rolling 2.1 War Is Starting Again 2.2 Walkin' Round in Circles 2.3 Mary Lou 2.4 Heavy Snow 2.5 Coon Is Hard to Catch
