Smokestack Lightning 1972 Album

Mike Harrison

Harrison's follow-up was recorded in Muscle Shoals studios, a flashier slate of covers beefed up by that infamous rhythm section. And somehow, it doesn't jibe with the pastoral depressingly ironic direction which his solo debut was hinting at, a vein that the second edition of Spooky Tooth would eventually mine so well. But the R&B grooves are decent, and the centerpiece is a rather mean-spirited deconstructed version of "Smokestack Lightning" which rounds off the album. Overall, another intriguing listen from Harrison, because it's a different look from the debut.