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John Lee Hooker: Kabuki Wuki / Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee

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Label: BGO Records
Released: 1973
Time:
 40:36 / 41:23
Category: Delta Blues
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating:
Media type: CD double
Web address: www.johnleehooker.com
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Purchase date: 2015
Price in €: 2,00





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CD1 - Kabuki Wuki (1973):

[1] Your Love [Just A Little Bit] (05:29)
[2] Hold It (00:45)
[3] Look At The Rain (08:24)
[4] My Best Friend (05:15)
[5] Hit The Floor (05:46)
[6] A Little Bit Higher (05:26)
[7] I Wonder Why (04:38)
[8] If You Got A Dollar (04:50)


CD2 - Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee (1973):

[1] Born In Mississippi, Raised Up In Tennessee (05:56)
[2] How Many More Years You Gonna Dog Me Round (05:20)
[3] Going Down (09:18)
[4] Younger Stud (08:43)
[5] King Of The World (06:05)
[6] Tell Me You Love Me (05:59)



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CD1 - Kabuki Wuki (1973):

John Lee Hooker - Guitar, Vocals

Robert Hooker - Organ
Luther Tucker, Benny Rowe, Paul Wood - Guitars
Gino Skaggs - Bass
Ken Swank - Drums
L.C. Robinson - Steel Guitar


CD2 - Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee (1973):

John Lee Hooker - Guitar, Vocals

Robert Hooker - Organ
Luther Tucker - Guitars
Gino Skaggs - Bass
Ken Swank - Drums
Oscar Brashear - Flugelhorn
George Bohanon - Trombone
John Klemmer - Tenor Sax
Don Menza - Baritone Sax
Cliff Coulter - Electric Melodica, Guitars
Steven Miller - Piano

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2013 CD BGO Records - BGOCD1129

Both albums originally released on the ABC/Bluesway label in 1972 and 73. The live album of this package was recorded at Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco, CA, on August 14, 1971. The musicians on 'Born In Mississippi?' are much the same as on 'Kabuki Wuki', but on some tracks there is the addition of brass. Digitally remastered, slipcased and with new notes.



BGO Records has released two early ‘70s albums by the legendary John Lee Hooker.  While admittedly not his best albums, they both still show this man did more than play the blues, he lived them. On these offerings, Hooker pumped out a slow moving steam engine of blues music that never picks up too much speed, yet keeps things chooglin’ along just fine. Kabuki Wuki is the better of the two albums included on this two-disc package.  This is a classic live set that saw a Hooker show captured at the Kabuki Theater in San Francisco.  The music is moody and morose. John sells it in his vocal delivery and the band moves along like a slow cooked slab of ribs.  It may not thrill you, but when it’s all said and done, the meat just falls off the bone. Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee continues the same type of feeling but takes it from the stage to the studio.  The beat moves about, slowly and carefully; Hooker’s vocals keep you on the edge of your seat, yet the pace does get to you after a while as you simply beg John Lee and band to get you on your feet.  It just never happens, despite an appearance on the album by none other than the great Van Morrison. Both of these albums would probably rank higher in, say, Colorado, where one could enhance the music with some legal herb as this is stoner rock, done up blues style. At the end of the day remember this: a “C” rating for John Lee Hooker means that it may be better than the average album, yet when placed against his best, these two just fall somewhere in the middle.  Still worthy of a listen, just not the chosen album by most of his fans.

Jeb Wright - Classic Rock Revisited



Die beiden Alben aus 1972 und 1973 waren ursprünglich auf dem ABC/Bluesway Label veröffentlicht. Das Livealbum “Kabuki Wuki” wurde am 14. August 1977 in Kabuki Theatre in San Francisco aufgenommen. Die Musiker auf ‘Born In Mississippi…’ sind identisch mit denen auf ‘Kabuki Wuki’, bei manchen Stücken kamen noch Bläser hinzu.

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"Bei den folgenden Studio-Aufnahmen für Born In Mississippi ... wirkte seine zeitweilig bläserverstärkte Performance intensiver, engagierter und auch inspirierter."

Good Times, Februar/März 2014
 

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