John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker Sings the Blues (LP, 180g colored Vinyl)

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(Blues Joint) 16 tracks, 180g virgin vinyl Widely recognized as one of the true giants of the... more

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John Lee Hooker: John Lee Hooker Sings the Blues (LP, 180g colored Vinyl)

(Blues Joint) 16 tracks, 180g virgin vinyl

Widely recognized as one of the true giants of the blues, John Lee Hooker's rhythmic approach to guitar playing became an integral part of the blues sound.

John Lee Hooker Sings The Blues, released in 1961, compiles a selection of the singles the bluesman recorded between 1948 and 1954. It combines electric numbers like "Hug And Squeeze" with acoustic melodies and solo performances like "Don't You Remember Me".

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Interpret: John Lee Hooker
Album titlle: John Lee Hooker Sings the Blues (LP, 180g colored Vinyl)
Genre Blues
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Artikelart LP
Vinyl weight 140g Vinyl
Label Blues Joint
EAN: 8436563184680
weight in Kg 0.3

Hooker, John Lee - John Lee Hooker Sings the Blues (LP, 180g colored Vinyl) LP 1
01	Hug And Squeeze (You)	John Lee Hooker
02	I Love You Baby	John Lee Hooker
03	The Syndicate	John Lee Hooker
04	Boogie Woogie All Night Long	John Lee Hooker
05	Good Rockin' Mama [Aka Rock Me Mama]	John Lee Hooker
06	Crawlin' Kingsnake	John Lee Hooker
07	Hobo Blues	John Lee Hooker
08	Maudie	John Lee Hooker
09	Let Your Daddy Ride	John Lee Hooker
10	Turn Over A New Leaf	John Lee Hooker
11	Don't You Remember Me	John Lee Hooker
12	Driftin' From Door To Door	John Lee Hooker
13	She Left Me On My Bended Knee [Aka Wednesday Evening]	John Lee Hooker
14	I Need Some Money	John Lee Hooker
15	Burnin' Hell	John Lee Hooker
16	I'm In The Mood	John Lee Hooker

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"John Lee Hooker"

John Lee Hooker

After nomadically label-hopping for the first seven years of his astonishingly prolific recording career, Mississippi Delta émigré John Lee Hooker settled into a relatively exclusive relationship with Chicago’s Vee-Jay Records in 1955. Things had changed dramatically on the R&B front since 1949; no longer would a haunting solo blues piece like the Hook’s Boogie Chillen (it’s on BCD 16921, Disc One) find its way to the top of the charts now that rock 'n' roll had captured the teenage demographic.

Still, there remained a solid southern market for blues, and John Lee was happy to help fill it on Vee-Jay through 1964 (granted, there were dalliances with a number of other labels during that span). His first Vee-Jay date, conducted in Chicago in October of ’55, found him in the company of labelmate Jimmy Reed, guitarist Eddie Taylor (a steadying presence for both Reed and Hooker whenever they entered the studio), bassist George Washington, and drummer Tom Whitehead, who had been playing sessions with the Boogie Man since 1953 and clearly knew the territory.

Reed was absent for Hooker’s Vee-Jay encore session, held March 27, 1956, but the rhythm section remained constant. Among the enduring gems laid down that day was the rollicking Dimples, a standard in John Lee’s repertoire from then on. He’s listed as writing it with Jimmy Bracken, the co-owner of Vee-Jay. Hooker was fretting an electric guitar instead of the acoustic he used on his first Detroit sessions (ironically, he’d have to retrieve it when the folk-blues trend hit).

Hooker’s Vee-Jay stint produced some of the most polished recordings he ever made, thanks to stellar musicianship by Taylor and his comrades, who seemed to cope with Hooker’s erratic timing better than just about anyone else he’d recorded with. At the end of 1958, John Lee would find his way back onto the R&B charts for the first time in more than seven years with I Love You Honey. He scored nationally again in 1960 with No Shoes. But as it turned out, the John Lee Hooker story was just getting underway.

Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois

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