White Lightning - Strikes Twice (1968-69/1997) WAVE

White Lightning - Strikes Twice (1968-69/1997)

Genre: US, Raw Psychedelic Rock

Tracklist:

01. Prelude to Opus Iv
02. [Under the Screaming Double]
03. Born Too Rich
04. Coming Down
05. Borrowed and Blue
06. Bogged Down
07. Let Me Feel It Too
08. Only Love
09. Age [Version 1]
10. Fantasy Days [Version 1]
11. No Time for Love
12. William Tell
13. Prelude to Opus Iv [Ver 2]
14. Freedom
15. Groundhog
16. 1930
17. Just Let the World Roll on B
18. Before My Time
19. Age [Version 2]
20. Fantasy Days [Version 2]


Hard fuzz trio featuring the blazing leads ofCaplan (ex-Litter). The band was less garagy and more pounding hardrock than the Litter. "Under the Screaming Double Eagle" collects studio tracks from 1969. White Lightning was a slang term for LSD at the time (and bootleg whiskey prior to that). The group added two new members and shortened their name to Lightning. They continued in the hardrock mode but now with dual leads. "Lightning" is another excellent effort, just missing the certain magic they possessed as a power trio.

"White Lightning" was formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968 by ex-"Litter" guitaristCaplan and bassist Woody Woodrich. The two musicians had been jamming together for close to a year before they decided to become a group.

The name "White Lightning" was picked by "Zip" Caplan and Woody Woodrich during their drive back from the "Litter's" filming of "Medium Cool" because it was another name for acid.

"White Lightning's" original drummer, Garr Johnson, quit the group after only a months rehearsals because he didn't believe a three-piece act could make it in Minneapolis. Mick Stanhope was immediately brought in from Chicago by Ronn Roberts to fill the empty drummer's chair.