John Lee Hooker

INCLUDES 8 BONUS TRACKS

This quintessential release presents one of Hooker’s most difficult to find albums: Burning Hell. Recorded in Detroit in April 1959, the Riverside label only originally issued the LP in England. A country-­blues classic, John Lee Hooker only plays acoustic guitar throughout the album, and sings straight to the bone with his soul drenched vocal delivery. Highlights include songs associated with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and Big Bill Broonzy, as well as a number of Hooker’s own finest compositions. In addition to the original masterpiece, this remastered CD also contains 8 bonus tracks, including a number of solo recordings taped in different locations between 1952 and 1961.

PERSONNEL:

[1-12]: Solo recordings by John Lee Hooker (vocals and acoustic guitar).
United Sound Systems, Detroit, Michigan, April 20, 1959.

[13 & 14]: Solo recordings by John Lee Hooker (vocals and guitar).
Recorded in Chicago, Illinois, January 22, 1959.

[15]: Solo recording by John Lee Hooker (vocals and guitar).
Chicago, Illinois, March 1960.

[16] & [18]: Solo recordings by John Lee Hooker (vocals and guitar).
Detroit, Michigan, late 1952.

[17] & [19]: Solo recordings by John Lee Hooker (vocals and guitar).
Chicago, Illinois, January 4, 1961.

[20]: John Lee Hooker (vocals and guitar) plus Bill Lee (string bass).
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, June 25, 1960.

TRACKS

BURNING HELL
01 BURNING HELL
02 GRAVEYARD BLUES
03 BABY PLEASE DON’T GO
04 JACKSON, TENNESSEE
05 YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE AND I’LL LIVE MINE
06 SMOKESTACK LIGHTNIN’
07 HOW YOU CAN DO IT?
08 I DON’T WANT NO WOMAN IF HER HAIR AIN’T NO LONGER THAN MINE
09 I ROLLED AND TURNED AND CRIED THE WHOLE NIGHT LONG
10 BLUES FOR MY BABY
11 KEY TO THE HIGHWAY
12 NATCHEZ FIRE
BONUS TRACKS
13 HOBO BLUES
14 CRAWLIN’ KING SNAKE
15 I CAN’T BELIEVE
16 WORRIED LIFE BLUES
17 FIVE LONG YEARS
18 I DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY
19 TAKE ME AS I AM
20 TUPELO (Live)

TOTAL TIME: 66:12 Min.