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John Lee Hooker - John Lee Hooker Sings Blues - 180g LP
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Sundazed - LP 5425 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - Pressed at RTI - 090771542519
Shake 'em up! R&B from the vaults of King/Federal Records!
The embodiment of the blues! A primal architect of the genre’s structure, Hooker’s hypnotic guitar work and commanding vocals influenced everyone who followed, and these tracks—originally released in the late ‘40s and early ‘50s as “Texas Slim”—find him at the peak of his playing and singing powers.
Wandering Blues," the driving opener throughout which Hooker keeps time loudly with his foot, should give listeners a sense of what to expect from SINGS THE BLUES. These spare, raw recordings, originally made for the King label (the subtitle reads "16 selections-every one a pearl"!), are Hooker at his finest. Hooker's primitive gutbucket electric guitar is the main ingredient here, and it is his hard-edged boogie playing that fuels the fire.
Though somewhat less of a growl than on later recordings, Hooker's voice is no less soulful or urgent. It seethes with dark energy on such cuts as "Heart Trouble Blues" and the pulsing "Nightmare Blues." This work is vintage electric-blues, as cuts like "Thinking Blues" and "Blue Guitar Blues" will attest. Taken together, the tracks on SINGS BLUES are excellent examples of the gripping synthesis of folk blues and electric power that marks Hooker's early work.
Pressed at RTI on 180 gram audiophile vinyl, you’ll hear every moan, gasp and string blast on this definitive edition of John Lee Hooker Sings Blues, from Sundazed.
TRACK LISTING:
1. Wandering Blues
2. I’m Gonna Kill That Woman
3. Heart Trouble Blues
4. Don’t You Remember Me
5. Slim’s Stomp
6. The Numbers
7. Shake ‘Em Up
8. Happy Blues
9. Nightmare Blues
10. Moaning Blues
11. Don’t Go Baby
12. Thinking Blues
13. Late Last Night
14. Devil’s Jump
15. Blue Guitar Blues
16. Race Track
