John Lee Hooker

Don´t Turn Me from Your Door (806184)

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Don´t Turn Me from Your Door

John Lee Hooker

Soul Jam

8436559467810

SOU 161248

806184

BLUES

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CD 9,95 €



COLLECTOR'S DIGIPACK SERIES

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

Often called the “King of the Boogie,” John Lee Hooker’s “talking blues” style, as well as his driving, rhythmic approach to guitar playing, have become an integral part of the idiom. This essential CD features two of Hooker’s lesser-known albums from his most inspired years: Don’t Turn Me from Your Door (later reissued as Detroit Special), and the eponymous and long unavailable John Lee Hooker (aka Blues Before Sunrise). Both LPs have been remastered and packaged together in this special collector’s edition, which also contains 5 bonus tracks from the same period, including three obscure live cuts by Hooker (from the very underrated LP There’s Good Rockin’ Tonight!).

PERSONNEL:

  • JOHN LEE HOOKER, vocals and lead guitar, plus:
  • Eddie Kirkland (guitar and vocals on tracks 2 & 11), Eddie Taylor (guitar on tracks 13, 14 & 21), James Jamerson (bass on track 17), Benny Benjamin (drums on track 17), among others.

Recorded in Cincinnati, Miami, New York and Chicago, 1953-1961.

TRACKS:

  • 01. STUTTERING BLUES
  • 02. WOBBLING BABY
  • 03. YOU LOST A GOOD MAN
  • 04. LOVE MY BABY
  • 05. MISBELIEVING BABY
  • 06. DRIFTING BLUES
  • 07. DON’T TURN ME FROM YOUR DOOR
  • 08. MY BABY DON’T LOVE ME
  • 09. I AIN’T GOT NOBODY
  • 10. REAL REAL GONE
  • 11. GUITAR LOVIN’ MAN
  • 12. TALK ABOUT YOUR BABY

  • 13. LITTLE WHEEL
  • 14. I’M IN THE MOOD
  • 15. HOBO BLUES
  • 16. CRAWLING KING SNAKE
  • 17. BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE
  • 18. WANTED AD BLUES
  • 19. MY FIRST WIFE LEFT ME
  • 20. WEDNESDAY EVENING BLUES
  • 21. MAUDIE
  • 22. TIME IS MARCHING
  • BONUS TRACKS
  • 23. THE SWEETEST GIRL I KNOW
  • 24. DEEP DOWN IN MY HEART
  • 25. TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY BABY – Live
  • 26. TEACHING THE BLUES – Live
  • 27. TWO WHITE HORSES – Live
  • TOTAL TIME: 78:29