John Lee Hooker

Travelin'

 John Lee Hooker

Label: Charly

 SNAP145CD

 CD

Price:  £ 8.80  (£7.65 outside EU)

 

This 20-track compilation comprises highlights from Hooker's classic recordings made for the Vee Jay label between 1955 and 1964, when he was at his artistic peak.

Amazingly, John Lee Hooker was a bluesman who recorded prolifically in a career spanning half a century.

 His career revived as a result of his commercially successful 'comeback' albums for Silvertone and Virgin during the 90's, on which he has collaborated with leading rock superstars.

This 20-track compilation comprises highlights from Hooker's classic recordings made for the Vee Jay label between 1955 and 1964, when he was at his artistic peak.

 Hooker has arguably never bettered these Vee Jay versions of his most famous songs, such as 'I'm In The Mood', 'Crawling King Snake' and 'Hobo Blues'.

This collection also includes the original hit versions of 'Dimples' and 'Boom Boom', plus the original versions of songs Hooker has gone back to and re-recorded in recent years, including 'I Love You Honey', 'It Serves Me Right To Suffer' and 'Don't Look Back'.

1. No Shoes
2. I Wanna Walk
3. Canal Street Blues
4. Run On
5. I'M A Stranger
6. Whiskey And Wimmen
7. Solid Sender
8. Sunny Land
9. Goin To California
10. I Can'T Believe
11. I'Ll Know Tonight
12. Dusty Road

Bonus Tracks

1. Nightmare
2. Drive Me Away
3. Love Me All The Time
4. Bundle Up And Go

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