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John Lee Hooker: Boom Boom

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Label: Virgin Records
Released: 1992
Time:
 42:48
Category: Blues
Producer(s): Roy Rogers
Rating: ********** (10/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.johnleehooker.com
Appears with: Canned Heat
Purchase date: 2000.11.18
Price in €: 6,99



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[1] Boom Boom (J.L.Hooker) - 4:19
[2] I'm Bad Like Jesse James (J.L.Hooker) - 2:14
[3] Same Old Blues Again (J.L.Hooker) - 6:14
[4] Sugar Mama (J.L.Hooker) - 4:06
[5] Trick Bag (Shoppin' For My Tombstone) (J.L.Hooker) - 4:39
[6] Boogie At Russian Hill (J.L.Hooker) - 4:35
[7] Hittin' The Bottle Again (J.L.Hooker) - 2:23
[8] Bottle Up Ang Go (J.L.Hooker) - 2:47
[9] Thought I Heard (J.L.Hooker) - 4:35
[10] I Ain't Gonna Suffer No More (J.L.Hooker) - 6:26

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John Lee Hooker - Guitar, National Steel Guitar, Vocals

Bowen Brown - Drums
Albert Collins - Guitar
Richard Cousins - Bass
Robert Cray - Guitar
Steve Ehrmann - Bass
Jim Guyet - Bass
John Hammond, Jr. - Guitar, Harmonica
Kevin Hayes - Drums
Billy Johnson - Guitar
Deacon Jones - Organ
Tim Kaihatsu - Guitar
Rich Kirch - Guitar
Scott Mathews - Drums
Charlie Musselwhite - Harmonica
Mike Osborne - Guitar
Jimmy Pugh - Keyboards
Jimmie Vaughan - Guitar
Mitch Woods - Piano

Samuel Lehmer - Engineer
Mike Kappus - Executive Producer
Michael Ahearn - Ass. Engineer
Christpher Haynes - Ass. Engineer
Sheila McFarland - Ass. Engineer
Paul Stubblebine - Mastering
Mark Thomas - Photography
Bill Smith - Design

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Dies ist Hookers beste Leistung in den 90ern, produziert von seinem Slidegitarristen Roy Rogers, der weiß, was für Hooker richtig ist. Er führt ihn durch Arrangements, die seinen vergangenen Ruhm wiederaufleben lassen ("Boom Boom" mit Gast Jimmie Vaughn), arrangiert eine schwindelerregende Session mit dem späten Telecaster-Meister Albert Collins ("Boogie At Russian Hill"), und vereinigt ihn für das Gitarre-Stimme-Harmonika-Duett "Thought I Heard" mit Charlie Musselwhite -- ein Konzert, so traurig und schaurig wie das körperlose Stöhnen auf einem Friedhof im Delta. Dazu gibt es Hookers erste Aufnahme an der National Steel Gitarre, das Solo "Hittin' The Bottle Again". Diese CD dringt ein in das Herz von Hookers Musik und bleibt dort.

Ted Drozdowski, Amazon.de



John Lee Hooker ist einer der letzten Dinosaurier der Blues-Spezies. Sein oft bruchstückhaft phrasierter Gesang wirkt wie ein anrollendes Gewitter, die treibend rauhen Rhythmen vermitteln ein rar gewordenes Gefühl von Authentizität. Beim dritten Meisterwerk in Folge kehrt Hooker zurück zur Zwiesprache mit dem Blues: keine ellenlangen Gästelisten, kein Hang zum souligen Arrangement. Und so ist Hooker am stärksten wenn etwa Albert Collins oder Charlie Musselwhite abtauchen, und er seinen erdigen Blues in einsamer Größe bewältigt.

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"Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten" - in seiner Umkehrung trifft das Motto der RTL-Familienserie auf die Bluesmusik zu: Gesellschaftliche Krisenzeiten beflügeln meist die künstlerische Kreativität. Der Blues war immer ein Spiegelbild des Status quo. Vom gegenwärtigen Blues-Boom profitieren gerade die alten Legenden, allen voran John Lee Hooker, das Urgewächs aus Clarksdale/Mississipi. Mit seinem Produzenten Roy Rogers und zahlreichen Stars wie Bonnie Raitt oder Carlos Santana bastelte er zuletzt Erfolgsalben wie "The Healer" und "Mr. Lucky". Das neue Album "Boom Boom" ist aus etwas anderem Stoff. Hooker kehrt hier zu seinen Wurzeln zurück, knödelt und zwirbelt mit der unzerstörten Urkraft des Boogie. Seine unnachahmliche Stärke war es immer, mit rohem Gesang und spärlicher Instrumentierung intensive Stimmungswelten aus Schmerz, Leid und Hoffnung zu schaffen. Die zehn neuen Songs, allesamt aus der Feder des Meisters selbst, besitzen jene Eigenschaften. Besonders spannend wird es, wenn Hooker alleine mit Gitarre und Stimme zelebriert. In dem nur mit National- Steel-Gitarre begleiteten "Hittin' The Bottle Again" kreiert er jene schwüle Stimmung, die schon 1990 den Soundtrack zu "The Hot Spot" (mit Miles Davis und Taj Mahal) kennzeichnete. Im Zusammenspiel mit Jimmie Vaughan und Albert Collins schaufelt der 75jährige mächtig Kohlen in die Boogie-Lokomotive. Bei "Sam Old Blues Again" läßt er Robert Cray die Saiten streicheln. Solange es Musiker wie John Lee Hooker gibt, muß man sich um den Blues keine Sorgen machen.

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If we were to list all of the accolades heaped upon John Lee Hooker over the years, all the accomplishments, awards, albums and people he's influenced and all the legendary songs which bear his unmistakable stamp, well, we'd be here most of the day and we wouldn't have any room left in this space to talk about his latest record. Try and name one other person this monumental and influential upon the music of our time who's still out there cutting with the same intensity and sheer blues power as he did in his classic period, and you'll be scratching your head for a long time, too. So we'll keep things short and make it easy: Of all the bluesmen who have stalked the planet, John Lee Hooker is one of the all-time legends, and out of the nearly one-hundred albums to bear his name, Boom Boom is one of the best. When others try to re-record material they wrote decades ago, the results are usually nearly disastrous, but with the Hook, it's merely an affirmation of his gargantuan stature that each of these versions is every bit as good as the immortal classic it updates. Hooker embodies his own songs, the way few other performers do, and if you want to get really down into Boom Boom's deepest moments, listen when John Lee stretches out solo, with just the stomping foot, the droning guitar and the moaning voice. Try "I'm Bad Like Jesse James," "Sugar Mama" and "Hittin' On The Bottle Again" to experience the undistilled John Lee Hooker.

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Boom Boom

Boom boom boom boom
I'm gonna shoot you right down,
right offa your feet
Take you home with me,
put you in my house
Boom boom boom boom
A-haw haw haw haw
Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm

I love to see you strut,
up and down the floor
When you talking to me,
that baby talk
I like it like that
Whoa, yeah!
Talk that talk, walk that walk

When she walk that walk,
and talk that talk,
and whisper in my ear,
tell me that you love me
I love that talk
When you talk like that,
you knocks me out,
right off of my feet
Hoo hoo hoo
Talk that talk, and walk that walk
Oh, yeah!


I'm Bad Like Jesse James

I'm mad, I'm bad
Like Jesse James...uhuh

I had a friend one time
Atleast I thought I did
He come to me
Said "Johnny"
Said "What man"
"I'm outdoor"
I say "yeah"

I take the cat in
Get him a place to stay
And I found out
He goin' round town
Tellin' everybody that he...
He got my wife
And I gets mad

I goes to the cat
Like a good guy should
I said "look man
I'm gonna warn you
Just one time
Next time I warn you
I'm gonna use my gun
Cause I'm mad
I'm bad
Like Jesse James
I'm so mad!
I'm so mad!

I'm gonna ruin you this mornin'
I got three boys
Do my dirty work
Now you don't see me
I'm the big boss
I do the payin' off
After they take care of you
In their own way
They may shoot you
They may cut you
They may drown you
I just don't know
I don't care!
As long as they take care of you
In their own you
I'm so mad
I'm bad this mornin'
Like Jesse James

They gonna take you right down
By the riverside
Now four is goin' down
Ain't but three coming back
You read between the lines
What gonna happen to you
Cause I'm mad
I'm bad
Like Jesse James

They gonna tie your hands
They gonna tie your feet
They gonna gag your throat
So you can't holler
And cryin' won't help you none
Gonna set you in the water
Hear the bubbles comin' up
Whoah...rrrr-rrrrr
(Oh yeah! So mad!)
 

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