Smokes Like Lightning

Smokes Like Lightning is an album by the 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
Released	1963
Recorded	January and February 17 & 20, 1962
Studio	Gold Star (Houston, Texas)
Genre	Blues
Length	36:24
Label	Bluesville BVLP 1070
Producer	Mack McCormick
Lightnin' Hopkins chronology
Lightnin' and Co. (1962) Smokes Like Lightning (1963) Lightnin' Strikes (1962)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

• Mack McCormick – supervision