Friday, September 4, 2026

White Lighting : Strikes Twice 1968-1969



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White Lighting : 

Strikes Twice 1968-1969

 Hard fuzz trio 

featuring the blazing leads of

 Zippy Caplan 

(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" guitarist 
"Zippy" Caplan 
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. 



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