John Lee Hooker/Canned Heat - Recorded Live At The Fox Venice Theatre

Artist:

Hooker, John Lee

UPC:

081227577629

See Also:

Charles, Ray King, Albert Various Artists - From Clarksdale To Heaven...John Lee Hooker

Description:

Personnel: John Lee Hooker, Mark Skyer (vocals, guitar); Bob Hite (vocals, harmonica); Chris Morgan (guitar); Ronnie Barron (piano); Richard Hite (bass); Adolfo De La Parra (drums).
The Chambers Brothers: Willie Chambers, Lester Chambers, George Chambers, Joe Chambers (background vocals).
Recorded live at The Fox Venice Theatre, Venice, California.
Despite the equal cover billing, this 1981 live recording is much more Heat than Hooker--the aging but still fiery Delta blues guitarist plays and sings only on the last three tracks. However, the band matches the guitarist`s idiosyncratic style surprisingly well, and backing vocals by soul legends the Chambers Brothers are more than welcome, making it a fine document of good-old-fashioned music in the style that Hooker himself termed "boogie" in his first classic recording.
By the late `50s, Hooker and other traditional blues artists such as Mississippi Fred McDowell were "rediscovered" by folk audiences eager to hear this rapidly disappearing style of music. This led to the British blues boom of the mid-`60s, which effectively crossbred traditional blues with rock & roll. Things eventually came back to the United States with the success of the Yardbirds and Cream, who inspired American blues-rockers like Canned Heat. This recording closes the circle.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Hell Hound
2. Strut My Stuff
3. Open up Your Back Door
4. House of Blue Lights
5. It Hurts Me Too
6. Wrapped Up
7. Let`s Work Together / Going Up The Country
8. Tease Me Baby
9. Serves Me Right to Suffer
10. Nobody Else But You

Album Information

Release Date:

10/27/1987

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Delta

Label:

Rhino

Producer:

Howard B. Wolf; Gary Stauffer

Catalog Number:

75776

Original Release Year:

1981

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

53 : 27

Guest Artist:

The Chambers Brothers

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