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Track Listing
1. Good 'Un, (I Got) A
2. House Rent Boogie
3. Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U (Blues For Jimi & Janis)
4. Standin' at the Crossroads
5. Pots On, Gas on High
6. We Might as Well Call It Through (I Didn't Get Married to Your Two-Timing Mother)
7. Doin' the Shout
8. Sheep Out on the Foam, A
9. I Don't Need No Steam Heat
10. Sittin' in My Dark Room
11. Endless Boogie, Parts 27 and 28
Album Notes
Personnel: John Lee Hooker (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Mel Brown (acoustic & electric guitars); Cliff Coulter (guitar, electric piano); Dan Alexander, Steve Miller, Jesse Ed Davis, Jerry Perez (guitar); Dave Berger (harmonica); Mark Naftalin (piano); John Turk (electric piano, organ); Gino Skaggs, Carl Radle (bass); Ken Swank (drums, tambourine); Billy Ingram, Jim Gordon, Reno Lanzara (drums).
Recorded at Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco, California on November 10-12, 1970.
ENDLESS BOOGIE features a host of session musicians including, interestingly enough, Steve Miller on six cuts. The variety and range these musicians add to Hooker's straight-up blues stylings makes for a textured and interesting combination. Hooker's tunes touch on the traditional themes: feeling down ("Sitting In My Dark Room"), getting a good woman ("I Got A Good 'Un"), money troubles ("House Rent Boogie") and standing at the crossroads ("Standing At The Crossroads"). Hooker's irresistibly gritty guitar and voice, combined with fine session work and the novelty of unusual elements like electric piano, makes this disc one of his best collaborative projects.
Industry Reviews
...the end product is a double-album set of unadulterated Hooker portraits in blues...
Rolling Stone (04/29/1971)
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