House of the Blues
Editorial Reviews
<"b000002o9q5228"> From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD
In 1951 Delta emigre' John Lee Hooker was a Detroit resident enjoying the raging success of recent singles and gearing up to wax his urgent folk blues for a host of record companies under various noms de blooze. Chess was one of the firms, and twelve sides cut between 1951 and 1954 eventually turned up on this 1959 long-player. Hooker's singing, lubricious and steely, inveighs against annoying women; his rudimental guitar is exciting; and his stamping the plywood floor in ruttish insistence makes for exemplary blues rhythm. Most of the tracks have him solo. Caveat emptor: Two songs have atrocious sound. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993
House of the Blues, Music, John Lee Hooker, Acoustic Blues, Blues, Blues Music, Blues Traditional, Country Blues, Detroit Blues, Electric Delta Blues, Pop
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