JOHN LEE HOOKER - Essential Works 1956-1962 - 2LP - Vinyl

2LP - Black Vinyl.

John Lee Hooker is still probably the most striking blues figure of the 20th century. The power and originality in the voice of John Lee Hooker, combined with his distinctive guitar, earned him a huge reputation in the Forties and Fifties. Beginning in Detroit, he conquered the audience the first time he walked on stage with just a guitar, before he moved on to every stage beyond his native Michigan. Between 1948 and 1954 he would record Sally Mae, Boogie Chillun, Hobo Blues, Crawling King Snake or I’m In The Mood … with his music appearing on many different labels, among them King, Modern, Regent, Acorn and Chance.

That period is the subject of the John Lee Hooker album in the “BDBlues” series. Hooker started his career with the VeeJay label in 1955, and those recordings sealed his reputation as an essential blues voice. His later work with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Canned Heat (Hooker’n Heat), plus many other European or American artists, allowed him to widen his audience and become an international star with a blues, jazz and rock following. In the Sixties and Seventies, Hooker became a household blues name, with bestselling records regularly listed in the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. The 27 VeeJay titles that are included on this album are at the heart of the John Lee Hooker style, and every one of them is a blue diamond.

Tracklist:

SIDE A
A1. Dimples
A2. Baby Lee
A3.I Love You Honey
A4. Mama, You Got a Daughter
A5. House Rent Boogie
A6. Love Me All The Time

SIDE B
B1. Boogie Chillun
B2. Hobo Blues
B3. Crawlin' Kingsnake
B4. Maudie
B5. I'm In The Mood
B6.I Wanna Walk
B7. I'll Know Tonight

SIDE C
C1. Run On
C2. Whiskey And Wimmen
C3. Dusty Road
C4. I'm A Stranger
C5. No Shoes
C6. Want Ad Blues
C7. Hard Headed Woman

SIDE D
D1 Boom Boom
D2. What Do You Say
D3. Let's Make It
D4. I'm Mad Again
D5. Onions
D6. She Shot Me Down
D7. Good Rocking Mama