Time: 41:17+39:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1972/2009
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Boogie, Delta Blues
Art: Full
CD 1: Live At Soledad Prison
01. Superlover (4:18)
02. I'm Your Crosscut Saw (5:25)
03. What's The Matter Baby (3:51)
04. Lucille (6:44)
05. Boogie Everywhere I Go (8:35)
06. Serve Me Right To Suffer (7:44)
07. Bang Bang Bang Bang (4:38)
CD 2: Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive
01. Bumblebee, Bumblebee ( 4:14)
02. Hit The Road ( 2:55)
03. Country Boy ( 6:58)
04. Boogie With The Hook ( 6:35)
05. T.B. Sheets ( 4:58)
06. Letter To My Baby ( 3:56)
07. Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (10:18)
Combining two LPs originally released in 1972, Live at Soledad Prison and the Ed Michel-produced Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, on a single disc, this set features John Lee Hooker in his mid-career Endless Boogie prime, both in and out of the studio -- not that Hooker ever sounded any different wherever he played. The live set finds him backed by a crackerjack (and rehearsed) band featuring guitarists Luther Tucker and Charlie Grimes and Hooker's son, John Lee Hooker, Jr. The group backs Hooker as he delivers a scorching “I’m Your Crosscut Saw” and a desolate, heart-wrenching “Serve Me Right to Suffer,” among other boogie gems. The studio set includes more of the same, although polished up just the slightest notch with guest spots from Van Morrison (he duets with Hooker on the title track, "Never Get Out of These Blues Alive"), Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite, Steve Miller, and jazz violinist Michael White, who lifts "Boogie with the Hook" into the air and gives a mournful, desolate veneer to the already spooky and harrowing "T.B. Sheets.” This package ends up being a great way to hear Hooker doing what he does best with musicians who understand what he’s after, and it's all well recorded, too. ~Review by Steve Leggett
Thanks to Kempen.
Live At Soledad Prison
Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive
12 comments:
Hhmmm... I love John Lee Hooker but ths pairing gathers two of the worst John Lee's albums.I interviewed him in his Motel Room at that time and he told me he wasn't interested by the music he HAD to play: a long long long slow blues and a long long long boogie on the same beat all over. "You know" he told me "those young people they want always the same thing with a lot of flashy guitar... They don't even listen to what I have to say". And it shows very much on those albums, a man not involved in what he is deleivering. The live at Soledad is absolutely awful. The Never get out is much better thanks to some great musicians like Charlie Musselwhite, jazz violonist Maurice White and some vocals by Van Morrisson. but we are very far from the sheer beauty of the sides John Lee made for Vee Jay, Modern, Sensation or even on the first Bluesway albums..
Thanks Gerard Herzhaft for your interesting tale about this albums and "King Of Boogie" :-)
Merci Gérard Hezhaft pour ce précieux éclairage (comme toujours) sur John Lee Hooker
You're absolutely right Gerard. Bluesway albums are uneven and sometimes horrible ("Free beer and chicken" being the worst for me). But "Never get out of these blues alive" and "Endless boogie" (despite endless tracks) are sometimes interesting and are worth listening. However, at the same time, his "Get back" album for french imprint Black & Blue are far better.
Any chance of a re-up? Links are dead. Thanks,
Mullinover
new links + extra !
Live at Soledad & Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (2009 remastered, @320, from LL, artwork; new scans !!!!) JL Hooker Jr vocal on some tracks !
pt1 http://www25.zippyshare.com/v/aZ7oI7EH/file.html
pt2 http://www58.zippyshare.com/v/mWeb1k11/file.html
Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive ( 1990 bonus track edition, artwork cd & vinyl)
pt1 http://www56.zippyshare.com/v/eH6xGYif/file.html
pt2 http://www44.zippyshare.com/v/1reZo3Xv/file.html
Re-up both, please.
@Skin
Post is updated. Enjoy :)
Thanx a lot, MAn!!
Could you re-up this please? Thanks
@Dave
Thanks go to Kempen
John Lee Hooker - Live At Soledad Prison & Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (2009 remastered) [320] (NMR)
https://www114.zippyshare.com/v/KQ7B2fe1/file.html
John Lee Hooker - Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (1971) (1990 reissue+bonus) [320] (NMR)
https://www61.zippyshare.com/v/XTpTROwE/file.html
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