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Amazon.co.uk Review
Hooker was already making hits (for Modern) when he started to record for Chicago's legendary Chess Records in 1952. So he's at the peak of his powers on these solo sides from 1952 to '54, and with Eddie "Guitar" Burns, pianist Lafayette Leak, and drummer Fred Below in 1966. The '50s numbers stomp and grind through Hooker's typically down-'n'-dirty songwriting. "Ground Hog Blues" is especially gritty, as he describes how he'll poison his woman's lover. Those cuts also show the influence of pre-war blues personalities Sleepy John Estes (on "Worried Life Blues"), Tampa Red ("Sugar Mama"), Sonny Boy Williamson ("Louise"), Johnny Temple ("Please Don't Go"), and Big Joe Williams ("Bluebird"). The '66 band recordings include his classics "The Waterfront" and "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer". --Ted Drozdowski
Track Listings
1. I'm In The Mood
2. Let's Go Out Tonight
3. Peace Loving Man
4. Stella Mae
5. I Put My Trust In You
6. You Know I Know
7. I'll Never Trust Your Love Again
8. One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer
9. Waterfront
10. Lead Me (You Can Lead Me Baby
11. Nobody Knows
12. Deep Blue Sea
13. I Can't Quit You Baby
14. Mustang And GTO
15. House Rent Blues
16. Catfish Blues
17. Want Ad Blues
18. This Land Is Nobody's Land
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Hooker was already making hits (for Modern) when he started to record for Chicago's legendary Chess Records in 1952. So he's at the peak of his powers on these solo sides from 1952 to '54, and with Eddie "Guitar" Burns, pianist Lafayette Leak, and drummer Fred Below in 1966. The '50s numbers stomp and grind through Hooker's typically down-'n'-dirty songwriting. "Ground Hog Blues" is especially gritty, as he describes how he'll poison his woman's lover. Those cuts also show the influence of pre-war blues personalities Sleepy John Estes (on "Worried Life Blues"), Tampa Red ("Sugar Mama"), Sonny Boy Williamson ("Louise"), Johnny Temple ("Please Don't Go"), and Big Joe Williams ("Bluebird"). The '66 band recordings include his classics "The Waterfront" and "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer". --Ted Drozdowski
Track Listings
1. I'm In The Mood
2. Let's Go Out Tonight
3. Peace Loving Man
4. Stella Mae
5. I Put My Trust In You
6. You Know I Know
7. I'll Never Trust Your Love Again
8. One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer
9. Waterfront
10. Lead Me (You Can Lead Me Baby
11. Nobody Knows
12. Deep Blue Sea
13. I Can't Quit You Baby
14. Mustang And GTO
15. House Rent Blues
16. Catfish Blues
17. Want Ad Blues
18. This Land Is Nobody's Land
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