John Lee Hooker The Best Of Friends (2-LP)
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- weight in Kg 0.37
John Lee Hooker: The Best Of Friends (2-LP)
“The Best Of Friends” was originally released in 1998 and celebrates John Lee Hooker's late collaborations with a who's-who of esteemed guests, including Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Carlos Santana, Van Morrison and Bonnie Raitt.
Even 25 years later, it's a vivid portrait of Hooker's vitality at the time and the unwavering respect of the musicians he influenced. Released here for the first time on 2LP vinyl and reissued on CD, The Best Of Friends is the perfect introduction for Hooker fans who want to explore his work in the 1980s and 90s.
Article properties: John Lee Hooker: The Best Of Friends (2-LP)
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Interpret: John Lee Hooker
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Album titlle: The Best Of Friends (2-LP)
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Genre Blues
- Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
- Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
- Record Grading Mint (M)
- Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
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Artikelart LP
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Label BMG RIGHTS
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EAN: 4099964034677
- weight in Kg 0.37
| Hooker, John Lee - The Best Of Friends (2-LP) LP 1 | ||||
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| 01 | Boogie Chillen | John Lee Hooker | ||
| 02 | This Is Hip | John Lee Hooker | ||
| 03 | The Healer | John Lee Hooker | ||
| 04 | I Cover the Waterfront | John Lee Hooker | ||
| 05 | Boom Boom | John Lee Hooker | ||
| 06 | I'm in the Mood | John Lee Hooker | ||
| 07 | Burnin' Hell | John Lee Hooker | ||
| 08 | Tupelo | John Lee Hooker | ||
| Hooker, John Lee - The Best Of Friends (2-LP) LP 2 | ||||
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| 01 | Baby Lee | John Lee Hooker | ||
| 02 | Dimples | John Lee Hooker | ||
| 03 | Chill Out | John Lee Hooker | ||
| 04 | Big Legs, Tight Skirt | John Lee Hooker | ||
| 05 | Don't Look Back | John Lee Hooker | ||
| 06 | Up and Down | 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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