I'm John Lee Hooker
I'm John Lee Hooker | |
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Compilation album by John Lee Hooker | |
Released | August 1959 (1959-08) |
Recorded | 1955–1959 |
Studio | Chicago |
Genre | Blues |
Length | 32:25 |
Label | Vee-Jay |
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I'm John Lee Hooker is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker. Released by Vee-Jay Records in 1959, it compiles seven songs originally released as singles between 1955 and 1958 along with five new tracks recorded in 1959.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [3] |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote: "When Hooker's Vee-Jay sides first appeared, as singles, they were heartening indications that honest and ungimmicky blues were still being made ... Taken at a draught, decades later they are a little less compelling. Putting Hooker with an efficient band was presumably intended to relieve him of rhythmic chores and give him room to flex vocal or instrumental muscle, but he gains little from it; he is always his most interesting rhythm provider."[3]
AllMusic reviewer Lindsay Planer stated: "I'm John Lee Hooker was first issued in 1959 during his tenure with Vee Jay and is "the Hook" in his element as well as prime. ... Time has, if anything, only reinforced the significance of the album. It belongs in every blues enthusiast's collection without reservation."[1]
Track listing
All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker.
- "Dimples" – 2:14
- "Hobo Blues" – 2:48
- "I'm So Excited" – 2:53
- "I Love You Honey" – 2:33
- "Boogie Chillun" – 2:35
- "Little Wheel" – 2:34
- "I'm in the Mood" – 2:42
- "Maudie" – 2:17
- "Crawlin' King Snake" – 2:41
- "Everynight" – 2:58
- "Time Is Marching" – 3:01
- "Baby Lee" – 2:48
- Recorded in Chicago on October 19, 1955 (track 11), March 27, 1956 (tracks 1, 10 & 12), March 1, 1957 (track 3), June 23, 1957 (track 6), June 10, 1958 (track 4) and January 22, 1959 (tracks 2, 5 & 7–9)
Personnel
- John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
- Jimmy Reed – harmonica (track 11)
- Eddie Taylor – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6–8 & 10–12)
- Frankie Bradford (track 6), Joe Hunter (track 4) – piano
- Everett McCrary (tracks 4 & 6), George Washington (track 1 & 10–12), Quinn Wilson (track 3) – bass
- Richard Johnson (tracks 4 & 6), Earl Phillips (track 7), Tom Whitehead (tracks 1, 3 & 10–12) – drums
References
- ^ a b c Planer, Lindsay. John Lee Hooker: I'm John Lee Hooker – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues. London: Random House. p. 280. ISBN 9781448132744.
- ^ a b Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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- The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker (1959)
- Travelin' (1960)
- That's My Story (1960)
- The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker (1961)
- Burnin' (1962)
- The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker (1963)
- John Lee Hooker on Campus (1964)
- Burning Hell (1964)
- ...And Seven Nights (1965)
- It Serve You Right to Suffer (1966)
- The Real Folk Blues (1966)
- Urban Blues (1967)
- Simply the Truth (1969)
- If You Miss 'Im...I Got 'Im (1969)
- Get Back Home (1969)
- I Feel Good! (1971)
- Hooker 'n Heat (1971)
- Endless Boogie (1971)
- Never Get Out of These Blues Alive (1972)
- Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee (1973)
- Free Beer and Chicken (1974)
- Sittin' Here Thinkin' (1980)
- Jealous (1987)
- The Healer (1989)
- More Real Folk Blues: The Missing Album (1991)
- Mr. Lucky (1991)
- Chill Out (1995)
- Don't Look Back (1997)
- Concert at Newport (1963)
- Live at Sugar Hill (1963)
- Live at Cafe Au Go Go (1967)
- Live at Soledad Prison (1972)
- Kabuki Wuki (1973)
- The Cream (1978)
- House of the Blues (1959)
- I'm John Lee Hooker (1959)
- John Lee Hooker Plays & Sings the Blues (1961)
- Folk Blues (1962)
- Don't Turn Me from Your Door (1963)
- Original Folk Blues (1964)
- That's Where It's At! (1969)
- Goin' Down Highway 51 (1971)
- The Ultimate Collection (1991)
- Come See About Me (2004)
- "Boogie Chillen'" (1948)
- "Crawling King Snake" (1948)
- "Jack o' Diamonds" (1949)
- "Trouble in Mind" (1949)
- "Catfish" (1951)
- "I'm in the Mood" (1951)
- "Sugar Mama" (1952)
- "Worried Life Blues" (1952)
- "Baby, Please Don't Go" (1952)
- "Key to the Highway" (1952)
- "I'm Ready" (1956)
- "Dimples" (1956)
- "I Need Some Money" (1960)
- "Boom Boom" (1961)
- "Drifting Blues" (1961)
- "Don't Look Back" (1961)
- "How Long Blues" (1960)
- "Good Mornin', Lil' School Girl" (1960)
- "Smokestack Lightnin'" (1960)
- "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (1966)
- "Bottle Up & Go" (1966)
- "I Can't Quit You Baby" (1966)
- "Meet Me in the Bottom" (1971)
- "Roll and Tumble" (1971)
- "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" (1974)
- "Terraplane Blues" (1987)
- "I Cover the Waterfront" (1991)
- "The Healing Game" (1997)
- "Red House" (1997)
- Discography
- Detroit blues
- Eddie Kirkland
- Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Canned Heat
- The Blues Brothers
- The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend
- John Lee Hooker Jr.