John Lee Hooker - Gotta Boogie, Gotta Sing (2017)

asmine's first John Lee Hooker release 'Blues In Transition 1955-1959' concentrated on the recordings he made for his core audience and the emerging college folk scene which helped to propel him to international fame. This second excursion into the iconic bluesman's prolific career focuses on his material from late 1948 to 1954. By early 1949 'Boogie Chillen' was #1 on Billboard's R&B chart and was reputed to have sold over a million copies. It is these numerous boogie recordings that are collected on disc one of this unique package. Most of these discs are solo but several do feature other musicians and special note should be made of the contributions made to several tracks by these other musicians. Eddie Burns plays Harmonica on "Miss Eloise" and Eddie Kirkland provides blistering guitar work to "Four Women In My Life", "How Can You Do It" and "Leave My Wife Alone". The second CD collects together many of his notable blues ballads and mid-tempo songs again on one full length CD. This CD is a must for blues fans and the uninitiated alike. Sit back and prepare yourself to be entranced by John Lee Hooker's almost hypnotic guitar style and before long you'll be stomping your feet to his unique brand of boogie.

TRACKLIST

CD 1:

01. Boogie Chillen'
02. Boogie Woogie
03. Low Down Midnight Boogie
04. Stomp Boogie
05. 609 Boogie
06. Boogie Awhile
07. Weeping Willow Boogie
08. Hoogie Boogie
09. Do The Boogie
10. Talkin' Boogie
11. Miss Pearl Boogie
12. Slim's Stomp
13. 21 Boogie
14. Never Satisfied
15. John L's House Rent Boogie
16. Boogie Now
17. How Can You Do It
18. Four Women In My Life
19. Leave My Wife Alone
20. Rock House Boogie
21. Walking The Boogie
22. Lonely Boy Boogie
23. Pouring Down Rain
24. Too Much Boogie
25. I'm A Boogie Man
26. Gotta Boogie

CD 2:

01. Sally May
02. Twister Blues
03. Shady Grove Blues
04. Drifting From Door To Door
05. Crawlin' King Snake
06. Whistlin' And Moanin' Blues
07. Build Myself A Cave
08. Miss Eloise
09. Wednesday Evening
10. One More Time
11. Notoriety Woman
12. Queen Bee
13. Don't You Remember Me
14. How Long Must I Be Your Slave
15. Tease Me Baby
16. Ramblin' By Myself
17. Johnny Lee's Mood
18. Turn Over A New Leaf
19. I Got The Key
20. It's Stormin' And Rainin'
21. Let's Talk It Over
22. Love Money Can't Buy
23. Blue Monday
24. Lovin' Guitar Man
25. Down Child
26. Nothin' But Trouble