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Given Hooker's unpredictable timing and piss-poor track record recording with bands, this 1965 one-off session for the jazz label Impulse! would be a recipe for disaster. But with Panama Francis on drums, Milt Hinton on bass, and Barry Galbraith on second guitar, the result is some of the best John Lee Hooker material with a band that you're likely to come across. The other musicians stay in the pocket, never overplaying or trying to get Hooker to make chord changes he has no intention of making. This record should be played for every artist who records with Hooker nowadays, as it's a textbook example of how exactly to back the old master. The most surreal moment occurs when William Wells blows some totally cool trombone on Hooker's version of Berry Gordy's "Money." If you run across this one in a pile of 500 other John Lee Hooker CDs, grab it; it's one of the good ones.
© Cub Koda /TiVo
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Milt Hinton, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - David "Panama" Francis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bob Thiele, Producer - Joseph Barry Galbraith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1966 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1966 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1966 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1966 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1966 Geffen Records
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist - George Douglas, Producer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Gordon Strozier, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Geffen Records
Milt Hinton, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David "Panama" Francis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Lee Hooker, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Thiele, Producer - Barry Galbraith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Given Hooker's unpredictable timing and piss-poor track record recording with bands, this 1965 one-off session for the jazz label Impulse! would be a recipe for disaster. But with Panama Francis on drums, Milt Hinton on bass, and Barry Galbraith on second guitar, the result is some of the best John Lee Hooker material with a band that you're likely to come across. The other musicians stay in the pocket, never overplaying or trying to get Hooker to make chord changes he has no intention of making. This record should be played for every artist who records with Hooker nowadays, as it's a textbook example of how exactly to back the old master. The most surreal moment occurs when William Wells blows some totally cool trombone on Hooker's version of Berry Gordy's "Money." If you run across this one in a pile of 500 other John Lee Hooker CDs, grab it; it's one of the good ones.
© Cub Koda /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:26
- Main artists: John Lee Hooker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Impulse!
- Genre: Blues
© 1999 Geffen Records ℗ 1966 Geffen Records
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