John Lee Hooker - His Best Chess Sides (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
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Artist: John Lee HookerEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-06-17
Music Label: Chess
Soundtracks:
- Mad Man Blues
- Louise
- Ground Hog Blues
- High Priced Woman
- Leave My Wife Alone
- Sugar Mama
- Walkin' The Boogie (Alternate)
- Bluebird
- Please Don't Go
- Blues For Big Town
- Worried Life Blues
- I'm In The Mood
- Let's Go Out Tonight
- The Waterfront
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, And One Beer
Free Music Notes for His Best Chess Sides (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
Free Music Review: Hooker at his Best
Hit: 4 Stars
This is it! If you don't have any John Lee Hooker in the House , this is the place to start. This isn't a water down compilation like several CDs out there. This is John Lee at his best and working with some of the best sidemen that Chess records had to offer. Do yourself a favor and Hook up with John Lee Hooker
His Best Chess Sides (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) Poster
Hooker was already making hits (for Modern) when he started to record for Chicago's legendary Chess Records in 1952. So he's at the peak of his powers on these solo sides from 1952 to '54, and with Eddie "Guitar" Burns, pianist Lafayette Leak, and drummer Fred Below in 1966. The '50s numbers stomp and grind through Hooker's typically down-'n'-dirty songwriting. "Ground Hog Blues" is especially gritty, as he describes how he'll poison his woman's lover. Those cuts also show the influence of prewar blues personalities Sleepy John Estes (on "Worried Life Blues"), Tampa Red ("Sugar Mama"), Sonny Boy Williamson ("Louise"), Johnny Temple ("Please Don't Go"), and Big Joe Williams ("Bluebird"). The '66 band recordings include his classics "The Waterfront" and "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer." --Ted DrozdowskiBlues Music CDs
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