Album
Hooker ’N Heat
Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker
1971 · Rock, Blues
21 collectors on Gatefold own this
Hooker ’N Heat is a Blues album by Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 73 pressings tracked, owned by 21 collectors.
About
"I dig this kid's harmonica, man. I don't know how he follow me, but he do." That's what John Lee Hooker says about Canned Heat's Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson in the studio chatter captured on this double-length album. To a bunch of blueshounds like Canned Heat, there could have been no higher praise. Canned Heat were among the most accomplished blues-rock bands of the '60s and '70s, largely because of their natural feeling for the blues, which is amply displayed on this collaboration with Hooker. Instead of trying to squeeze him into their sound or impose themselves upon his, Canned Heat wisely give the blues legend miles of room. The band don't even play on the first half of the album, letting Hooker's mournful moan and stormy guitar stand on their own. When the Heat is finally turned on, they sound like they've been banging out the blues-boogie beat behind Hooker their whole lives. For his part, Hooker sounds uncommonly energized fronting the band on tunes like "Let's Make It" and "Peavine." For this moment in time, music became magical enough to make the generation gap disappear.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Messin’ With The Hook2:17
- A2The Feelin’ Is Gone4:31
- A3Send Me Your Pillow3:39
- A4Sittin’ Here Thinkin’4:11
- A5Meet Me In The Bottom3:34
Side B
- B1Alimonia Blues4:28
- B2Drifter4:39
- B3You Talk Too Much3:08
- B4Burning Hell3:55
- B5Bottle Up And Go2:20
Side C
- C1The World Today7:22
- C2I Got My Eyes On You4:21
- C3Whiskey And Wimmen’4:33
- C4Just You And Me7:37
Side D
- D1Let’s Make It4:04
- D2Peavine5:00
- D3Boogie Chillen No. 211:35
Sound DNA
- Blues
- Chicago & Electric Blues
- stripped-back
- mournful
- soulful
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- John Lee HookerGUITAR, VOCALS VOCALS VOCALS, GUITAR
- Al WilsonGUITAR HARMONICA PIANO
- Alan WilsonRHYTHM GUITAR
- Fito de la ParraDRUMS
- Henry VestineLEAD GUITAR
- Tony de la BarredaBASS BASS GUITAR
21 collectors on Gatefold own this · 73 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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