John Lee Hooker - Live At Sugar Hill, Vol. 2 (2017)

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Artist: John Lee Hooker
Title: Live At Sugar Hill, Vol. 2
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Doxy Records
Genre: Blues
Quality: FLAC (tracks) | Mp3 / 320kbps
Total Time: 01:16:48
Total Size: 272 MB | 176 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist
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01. You Torture My Soul (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
02. Bottle up and Go (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
03. Come Back Baby (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
04. Catfish Blues (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
05. What's the Matter Baby (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
06. Jelly Jelly (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
07. The Things That I Used to Do (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
08. Taxi Driver (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
09. I Love No One but My Baby (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
10. Crawlin' King Snake (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
11. I Can't Hold On (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
12. How Can You Do It? (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
13. Let's Get It (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
14. Sinner's Prayer (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
15. That's All Right (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
16. What'd I Say (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
17. You Don't Miss Your Water (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
18. Third Degree (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)
19. Five Long Years (Recorded Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, November 9, 1962)

Why they kept these 19 recordings locked up in some vault for 40 years is beyond comprehension. A chunk of the Live at Sugar Hill material -- recorded at a club in the Bay Area -- was issued by Fantasy as Boogie Chillun on LP in 1972. It is available on CD minus one track under the same title. As good as that material was, these tracks from the very same gig are hands down some of the sexiest, deepest blues John Lee Hooker ever recorded -- and that's saying something. Accompanied only by his hollow-bodied electric guitar and his foot on the floor, Hooker takes listeners through a performance so intimate that you wonder if there was an audience present -- there is clapping, but not much. Versions of "Crawling King Snake," "Bottle Up and Go," "Let's Get It," "Jelly Jelly," "What's the Matter Baby," "You Don't Miss Your Water," "I Can't Hold On," and others get perhaps their definitive versions here. The opening track, "You Torture My Soul," is one of Hooker's most poignant moments, full of venom and vulnerability. In addition to the stellar performances, Hooker's guitar playing here is perhaps the finest of his career. The rhythms are much more subtle, and the stomp and off-kilter shuffle that are his signature are everywhere present -- they slip out of joint and undo each other from track to track. Hooker actually expands the beat and the listener's sense of time. This is one of the most essential recordings of Hooker material ever issued.~Live at Sugar Hill, Vol. 2 Review by Thom Jurek

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