''Smokes Like Lightning'' is an album by the blues musician

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, recorded in Texas in 1962 and released on the Bluesville label the following year.Wirz' American Music: Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins discography
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Reception

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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". ''

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'' said "the quality of Lightnin's performances is variable".

Track listing

All compositions by Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins # "T-Model Blues" – 2:46 # "Jackstropper Blues" – 3:22 # "You Cook All Right" – 4:15 # "My Black Name" – 3:56 # "You Never Miss Your Water" – 2:36 # "Let's Do the Susie-Q" – 3:39 # "Ida Mae" – 5:26 # "Smokes Like Lightning" – 5:13 # "Prison Farm Blues" – 4:30

Personnel

Performance

– guitar, vocals *

Billy Bizor Billy Bizor (September 3, 1913 – April 5, 1969) was an American Texas blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter. He was musically associated with his cousin Lightnin' Hopkins, on some of whose 1960s albums Bizor played harmonica and sang backin ...

– harmonica, vocals (tracks 4 & 7) *

Buster Pickens Buster Pickens (June 3, 1916 – November 24, 1964) was an American blues pianist. Pickens is best known for his work accompanying Alger "Texas" Alexander and Lightnin' Hopkins. He also recorded a solo album in 1960. Life and career He was ...

– piano (track 9) *Donald Cooks – bass (track 9) *Spider Kilpatrick – drums (tracks 4, 7 & 9)

Production

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– supervision

References

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