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This album is marked by the interaction between John Lee Hooker and his guitar-playing cousin Earl. Earl, who succumbed to illness in 1970, was a fine bluesman in his own right, possessing a formidable slide technique. Many are unaware that the two often performed together, and the band that accompanies John Lee here also backed Earl frequently. The opening cut, then, a slow 12-bar number called "The Hookers" is not about ladies of the evening, but rather about the gentlemen in question.
Heard here less than a year before his death, Earl still sounds frisky and versatile, often utilizing a funky wah-wah style without ever descending into the psychedelic excesses that plagued so many late-'60s electric blues albums. One of the most effective cuts is "Lonesome Mood," a low-key, one-chord stomper in the classic John Lee mold, where Earl's wah-wah guitar meshes with Johnny Walker's organ and Jefferey Carp's harmonica to create a subtly shifting, sensuously undulating web of sound over which John Lee works his hoodoo. On IF YOU MISS 'IM, John Lee definitely benefits from keeping it in the family.
© TiVo
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John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer - Roosevelt Shaw, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hooker, FeaturedArtist - Johnny Big Moose Walker, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chester "Gino" Skaggs, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Carp, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer - Roosevelt Shaw, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hooker, FeaturedArtist - Johnny Big Moose Walker, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chester "Gino" Skaggs, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Carp, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer - Roosevelt Shaw, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hooker, FeaturedArtist - Johnny Big Moose Walker, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chester "Gino" Skaggs, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Carp, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer - Roosevelt Shaw, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hooker, FeaturedArtist - Johnny Big Moose Walker, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chester "Gino" Skaggs, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Carp, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer - Roosevelt Shaw, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hooker, FeaturedArtist - Johnny Big Moose Walker, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chester "Gino" Skaggs, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Carp, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer - Roosevelt Shaw, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hooker, FeaturedArtist - Johnny Big Moose Walker, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chester "Gino" Skaggs, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Carp, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer - Roosevelt Shaw, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hooker, FeaturedArtist - Johnny Big Moose Walker, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chester "Gino" Skaggs, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Carp, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer - Roosevelt Shaw, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hooker, FeaturedArtist - Johnny Big Moose Walker, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chester "Gino" Skaggs, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Carp, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lee Hooker, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer - Roosevelt Shaw, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hooker, FeaturedArtist - Johnny Big Moose Walker, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chester "Gino" Skaggs, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Carp, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
This album is marked by the interaction between John Lee Hooker and his guitar-playing cousin Earl. Earl, who succumbed to illness in 1970, was a fine bluesman in his own right, possessing a formidable slide technique. Many are unaware that the two often performed together, and the band that accompanies John Lee here also backed Earl frequently. The opening cut, then, a slow 12-bar number called "The Hookers" is not about ladies of the evening, but rather about the gentlemen in question.
Heard here less than a year before his death, Earl still sounds frisky and versatile, often utilizing a funky wah-wah style without ever descending into the psychedelic excesses that plagued so many late-'60s electric blues albums. One of the most effective cuts is "Lonesome Mood," a low-key, one-chord stomper in the classic John Lee mold, where Earl's wah-wah guitar meshes with Johnny Walker's organ and Jefferey Carp's harmonica to create a subtly shifting, sensuously undulating web of sound over which John Lee works his hoodoo. On IF YOU MISS 'IM, John Lee definitely benefits from keeping it in the family.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:22
- Main artists: John Lee Hooker
- Composer: John Lee Hooker
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Blues
© 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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