Release Date: 25 April, 1995
Audio CD
Tracks
- Boogie Chillen'
- Crawlin' King Snake
- Hobo Blues
- Huckle up Baby
- I'm in the Mood
- I Need Some Money
- Dimples
- Boom Boom
- Shake It Baby
- Big Legs, Tight Skirt
- It Serves You Right to Suffer
- You Know, I Know
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
- I'm Bad Like Jesse James
- Burning Hell
- Terraplane Blues
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Rating 5.0
Bad Like Jesse JamesJohn Lee Hooker was awesome. "Boom, Boom", "Burning Hell", "One Bourbon..", "Serves You Right To Suffer", "Crawlin' King Snake", Damn! this is good stuff. Excellent sound quality as well. One of the greatest Blues singers and guitarists of all time. GREAT!If you love the Blues then you got to love John Lee Hooker
a true musician! I can't really say that there is a song
that doesn't belong... From "Boom Boom" to "Boogie Chillen"
you have 16 classic tracks here. It's such a shame that this
genre has been ignored for many years now because alot of
other music truely doesn't compare to the blues whne it's
at it's best.I'll tell you a story, now...This was the first JLH cd that I ever bought, and with good reason. It covers a good number of his obvious classics like Boogie Chillen and Boom Boom, which are of course the ones everyone wants. However, it also has some other amazing songs that really show what the Hook was all about.
John Lee Hooker was a truly unique bluesman... he was more of a storyteller. His songs often abandon the standard 12-bar phrases, remaining in 1 key most of the song, and in between the instrumental breaks he would simply tell you a story about his blues. Normally this would get old but the Hook makes it interesting... his really great voice certainly helps. He improvised most of his lyrics - If you've seen the version of Boom Boom on the movie the Blues Brothers you'll know what I'm talking about. His playing style was also really unique, going from a steady rollin' wall of chords to perfectly timed single string picks.
This CD demonstrates his many styles beautifully, every song being good. This guy released a mess of LP's, 45's, 78's, you name it, and finding all the good stuff is hard. This CD has a lot of it. If you are new to the blues or the Hook in genral, you will definitely wanna pick up this CD, and hear this legend's story. |
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