Jealous
John Lee Hooker
Bruce Kaphan
Engineer: Brian Campbell,
Producer: Brian Campbell, John Lee Hooker, Shawn Amos
Shout! Factory, 2007
1 CD
Catalogue #: 82666310328
EAN: 0826663103281
UPC: 826663103281
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Personnel: John Lee Hooker (vocals, guitar); Mike Osborn, Bruce Kaphan, Jamie Bowers (guitar); Ian Berry (horns); John Sanders (piano); Deacon Jones (organ); Robbie King (keyboards); Larry Hamilton, Jim Guyett (bass); Tim Richards, Bowen Brown (drums); Alison Hogan (background vocals).
Recorded at Blue Wave Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia and Dragon Studio, Redwood City, California.
Personnel: John Lee Hooker (guitar); Bill Johnson , Mike Osborn, Jamie Bowers, Roy Rogers , Bruce Kaphan (guitar); Ian Berry (horns); John Sanders (piano); Deacon Jones (organ); Robbie King, Mitch Woods (keyboard); Jim Guyett, Larry Hamilton (bass instrument); Scott Matthews, Tim Richards, Bowen Brown (drums); Alison Hogan (background vocals).
Audio Remasterer: Keith Blake.
Hooker was already being hailed as a living legend in the '60s, but by the time of this 1986 release he was a larger-than-life figure, his iconic stature unquestioned. From his earliest collaborations with Canned Heat and on through the '70s and '80s, the rock world never got tired of trying to endear Hooker to a crossover audience. JEALOUS is an attempt to adapt Hooker's lonesome blues to full-band arrangements.
Unlike his band recordings of the '50s, though, there's a decided rock edge to his accompaniment here, providing a sharp contrast to the down-home, earthy sound of Hooker's voice and guitar. Organ, electric guitar, and a forceful rhythm section baked in reverb back Hooker on JEALOUS. Instead of overpowering Hooker, though, these new arrangements place the bluesman on a sonic pedestal, from which he sounds like the voice of God dispensing wisdom through the blues.
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John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker is the most elemental of the electric blues giants. His spooky musical minimalism--plaintive yet powerful vocals coupled with guitar work alternately haunting and toe-tapping--has inspired countless artists, from contemporaries like Slim Harpo to acolytes the Rolling Stones. Few, however, can summon up the inexplicable erotic charge at the heart of Hooker's best performances. The patented "boogie" rhythm upon which seemingly every blues-rock and hard rock band of the 1970s wrought variations was virtually invented by Hooker. One of the most-recorded post-war bluesmen, Hooker released records on countless labels, working much of the time in Detroit and Chicago. He kept working well into his eighties, his style growing ever more refined and penetrating.
