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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. House Rent Boogie
2. Wandering Blues
3. Low Down Midnite Boogie
4. Goin' Mad Blues
5. Miss Lorraine
6. Morning Blues
7. Talkin' Boogie
8. Graveyard Blues
9. I Love to Boogie
10. Do the Boogie
11. Prison Bound
12. Bumble Bee Blues
13. I'm So Worried, Baby
14. I See You When You're Weak
15. Mama, You Got a Daughter
16. Crazy About That Walk
17. We're All God's Chillun
18. My Own Fault
19. Maudie
20. Tupelo
21. I Wanna Walk
22. I Wish You Were Here
DISC 2:
1. Mambo Chillun
2. Time Is Marching
3. Unfriendly Woman
4. I'm So Worried Baby
5. Baby Lee
6. Road Is So Rough, The
7. Trouble Blues
8. Everybody Rockin'
9. I'm So Excited
10. Crawlin' Black Spider
11. Little Fine Woman
12. Rosie Mae
13. You've Taken My Woman
14. Mama You've Got a Daughter
15. House Rent Boogie
16. I'm a Stranger
17. I'm Mad Again
18. Hard Hearted Woman
19. I Wanna Walk
20. Run On
21. Blues Before Sunrise
22. Onions
DISC 3:
1. Dimples
2. Boom, Boom
3. This Is Hip
4. I'm in the Mood
5. I Love You Honey
6. Crawlin' Kingsnake
7. Boogie Chillun
8. I'm Mad Again
9. Big Legs, Tight Skirt
10. I'm Going Upstairs
11. Onions
12. It Serves Me Right (To Suffer)
13. Send Me Your Pillow
14. No Shoes
15. I'm So Excited
16. Hobo Blues
17. Maudie
18. What Do You Say
19. She's Mine
20. Don't Look Back
| Details | | Distributor: | IDN Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Hohn Lee Hooker (vocals, guitar).
This three-CD set gets an "A" for the music despite a definite "Z" for documentation. Forget liner notes or even band personnel information, but how about the basics of songwriting credits and recording dates? Such data would be particularly helpful with someone like Hooker, who has recorded so prolifically and reprised a fair amount of his own material from time to time. There is in fact some (reasonable) duplication here-solo and band versions of "House Rent Boogie" and live and studio versions of "Maudie."
The three CDs break down thusly: Disc one is half solo Hooker, playing electric guitar and singing; the balance includes a few guitar/piano cuts, a few studio band cuts, and a handful of live band cuts. Disc two is all band arrangements. The recording quality is much more consistent than on Disc one, where some of the tracks have significant surface hiss. Disc three includes a handful of Hooker's best-known tunes, including "Boom Boom," "I'm in the Mood," "Crawlin' Kingsnake," "Boogie Chillun," and "Big Legs, Tight Skirt," some of which are done solo. Hooker's electric guitar covers a spectrum from twangin' and tremolo-hip to a dry, dusty, this-just-in-from-the-Delta sound.
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