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John Lee Hooker Live at Sugar Hill Vols 1 & 2
Label : Ace
Released: 1990
Format : Mp3@320

Singer-guitarist John Lee Hooker (1917-2001) was one of the most successful blues artists of the second half of the 20th century, yet his hypnotic brand of blues was in many ways a throwback to earlier times, before rules of rhyme, meter, and chord structure became standardized. The Clarksdale, Mississippi-born musician burst on the national scene with his first record, "Boogie Chillen," which topped Billboard's Most-Played Juke Box Race Record chart in 1949. His unaccompanied performance, delivered in a declarative baritone over an unchanging one-chord guitar pattern and the steady stomp of his foot on a wooden board, was not only a bold announcement of youthful independence but marked the arrival of a unique musical stylist. His roots were the North Mississippi hill country, yet through the use of heavily amplified guitar, the Detroit-based bluesman was able to create the music relevant to mass audiences, both rural and urban, and later in his career, white as well as black.
While Hooker did not alter his own style over the years, his musical surroundings changed with the times. Early attempts to wed his unorthodox bar and chord structures to backing bands often yielded chaotic results. After signing with Vee-Jay Records in 1955, his instrumental support became more empathetic. Though he moonlighted for Riverside and Fantasy, cutting acoustic albums aimed at his new folk-blues fans, Hooker continued making electrified R&B singles for Vee-Jay, the biggest being "Boom, Boom" in 1962. He settled in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1970. His career got a big boost, beginning in 1989, through a series of acclaimed albums that featured such guests as Carlos Santana, Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, Keith Richards, Charles Brown, and Van Morrison.

VOLUME 1

I Just Can't Hold on Much Longer (5:32)
2. I'm Gonna Keep on Walking (3:29)
3. T.B. Is Killing Me (4:43)
4. Run On (2:29)
5. This World (5:31)
6. I Like to See You Walking (2:34)
7. It's You I Love, Baby (2:58 )
8. Driftin' Blues (4:13)
9. You Gonna Miss Me (4:12)
10. You're Nice and Kind to Me Lou Della (5:01)
11. Money (That's What I Want) (3:25)
12. I Want to Get Married (4:34
13. Matchbox (4:23)
14. Boogie Chillun (2:56)
15. Night Time Is the Right Time (3:28 )
16. You Don't Move Me Baby (4:29)
17. You Been Dealin' with the Devil (3:43)
(3:31) 18. My Babe
(3:46) 19. Key to the Highway

VOLUME 2

Volume 2 also Released : August 20, 2002 on Fantasy label

Why they kept these 19 recordings locked up in some vault for 40 years is beyond comprehension. A chunk of the Live at Sugar Hill material -- recorded at a club in the Bay Area -- was issued by Fantasy as Boogie Chillun on LP in 1972. It is available on CD minus one track under the same title. As good as that material was, these tracks from the very same gig are hands down some of the sexiest, deepest blues John Lee Hooker ever recorded -- and that's saying something. Accompanied only by his hollow-bodied electric guitar and his foot on the floor, Hooker takes listeners through a performance so intimate that you wonder if there was an audience present -- there is clapping, but not much. Versions of "Crawling King Snake," "Bottle Up and Go," "Let's Get It," "Jelly Jelly," "What's the Matter Baby," "You Don't Miss Your Water," "I Can't Hold On," and others get perhaps their definitive versions here. The opening track, "You Torture My Soul," is one of Hooker's most poignant moments, full of venom and vulnerability. In addition to the stellar performances, Hooker's guitar playing here is perhaps the finest of his career. The rhythms are much more subtle, and the stomp and off-kilter shuffle that are his signature are everywhere present -- they slip out of joint and undo each other from track to track. Hooker actually expands the beat and the listener's sense of time. This is one of the most essential recordings of Hooker material ever issued.

1. You Torture My Soul (3:46)
2. Bottle up and Go (3:14)
3. Come Back Baby (4:21)
4. Catfish Blues (3:35)
5. What's the Matter Baby (3:57)
6. Jelly Jelly (3:48 )
7. The Things That I Used to Do (4:49)
8. Taxi Driver (4:38 )
9. I Love No One But My Baby (3:36)
10. Crawlin' King Snake (5:00)
11. I Can't Hold On (4:20)
12. How Can You Do It (3:35)
13. Let's Get It (2:27)
14. Sinner's Prayer (5:35)
15. That's All Right (3:50)
16. What'd I Say (2:58 )
17. You Don't Miss Your Water (4:26)
18. Third Degree (3:51)
19. Five Long Years (4:21)