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John Lee Hooker: The Hook - The Best of (CD)

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  • Interpret: John Lee Hooker

  • Album titlle: The Hook - The Best of (CD)

  • Genre Blues

  • Label GREEN LINE

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 0084815023324

  • weight in Kg 0.1
Hooker, John Lee - The Hook - The Best of (CD) CD 1
01One Bourbon, One Scotch, One BeerJohn Lee Hooker
02ThelmaJohn Lee Hooker
03LouiseJohn Lee Hooker
04DimplesJohn Lee Hooker
05Boogie ChillenJohn Lee Hooker
06No ShoesJohn Lee Hooker
07Blues For Big TownJohn Lee Hooker
08Drive Me AwayJohn Lee Hooker
09Big Legs, Tight SkirtJohn Lee Hooker
10Sugar MamaJohn Lee Hooker
11Green OnionsJohn Lee Hooker
12The House Rent BoogieJohn Lee Hooker
13Leave My Wife AloneJohn Lee Hooker
14Bottle Up And GoJohn Lee Hooker
15Keep Your Hands To YourselfJohn Lee Hooker
16Solid SenderJohn Lee Hooker
17I Feel GoodJohn Lee Hooker
18Boom BoomJohn Lee Hooker
19Will The Circle Be UnbrokeJohn Lee Hooker
20Hobo BluesJohn Lee Hooker
21Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like MineJohn Lee Hooker
22I'm Going UpstairsJohn Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker After nomadically label-hopping for the first seven years of his... more
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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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Tracklist
Hooker, John Lee - The Hook - The Best of (CD) CD 1
01 One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
02 Thelma
03 Louise
04 Dimples
05 Boogie Chillen
06 No Shoes
07 Blues For Big Town
08 Drive Me Away
09 Big Legs, Tight Skirt
10 Sugar Mama
11 Green Onions
12 The House Rent Boogie
13 Leave My Wife Alone
14 Bottle Up And Go
15 Keep Your Hands To Yourself
16 Solid Sender
17 I Feel Good
18 Boom Boom
19 Will The Circle Be Unbroke
20 Hobo Blues
21 Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine
22 I'm Going Upstairs