Diese Box würdigt das Vermächtnis eines schwarzen Musikers, der Vorbild für unzählige weiße Gruppen und Stars war. John Lee Hooker als Blues-Legende zu bezeichnen, ist deshalb nicht übertrieben. Auf zehn CDs veröffentlichen wir 16 seiner Original-LPs sowie zusätzlich rund drei Dutzend Bonustracks. Anders als zahlreiche seiner Kollegen verzichtete Hooker sein Leben lang auf Zugeständnisse an den populären Geschmack. Mit rauer Stimme sang er von Einsamkeit und Verwirrung, begleitet von simplem Gitarrenspiel und dem rhythmischen Stampfen seiner Füße. Er wurde 1917 in Clarksdale im US-Bundesstaat Mississippi geboren; im zutiefst ländlichen Süden der USA entwickelte er sein musikalisches Handwerk zur Perfektion. Wie viele andere Bluesmusiker wurde auch Hooker von mehreren Produzenten um seine Einnahmen gebracht. Seine Antwort war, noch mehr Platten aufzunehmen, einige unter Pseudonymen wie Texas Slim oder John Lee Booker. Sein Einfluss auch auf jüngere Generationen wurde 1980 mit einem Auftritt als Straßenmusiker in dem Erfolgsfilm " Blues Brothers" deutlich. Wie kaum ein anderer Blues-Mann hat er die Musikszene der Nachkriegszeit geprägt. Die Rolling Stones, Animals, oder Canned Heat sind nur einige von zahlreichen Bands, die in ihrem Sound maßgeblich von Hooker beeinflusst wurden. 1990, elf Jahre vor seinem Tod, feierte er mit seinem Album " The Healer" nochmals einen großen Erfolg: Er verkaufte davon 1,5 Millionen und bekam zum ersten Mal einen Grammy für seine Interpretation von " Im in the Mood".
CD 1 | |||
1 | Burnin' Hell | 00:03:14 | |
2 | Graveyard blues | 00:03:35 | |
3 | Baby please don't go | 00:04:51 | |
4 | Jackson, Tennessee | 00:03:18 | |
5 | You live your life and I'll live mine | 00:03:22 | |
6 | Smokestack lightnin' | 00:03:21 | |
7 | How Can You Do It? | 00:02:58 | |
8 | I don't want no woman if her hair ain't no longer than mine (Short-haired woman) | 00:03:17 | |
9 | I rolled and turned and cried the whole night long | 00:03:48 | |
10 | Blues for my baby | 00:03:37 | |
11 | Key To The Highway | 00:03:08 | |
12 | Natchez fire (Burning) | 00:03:04 | |
13 | Dimples | 00:02:11 | |
14 | Hobo Blues | 00:02:48 | |
15 | I'm So Excited | 00:02:54 | |
16 | I Love You Honey | 00:02:35 | |
17 | Boogie Chillun | 00:02:36 | |
18 | Little Wheel | 00:02:37 | |
19 | I'm In The Mood | 00:02:44 | |
20 | Maudie | 00:02:22 | |
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21 | Crawling King Snake | 00:02:45 | |
22 | Every Night | 00:02:59 | |
23 | Time Is Marching | 00:03:02 | |
24 | Baby Lee | 00:02:57 | |
CD 2 | |||
1 | Black snake | 00:03:35 | |
2 | How long blues | 00:02:16 | |
3 | Wobbling Baby | 00:02:52 | |
4 | She's Long, She's Tall (She Weeps Like A Willow Tree) | 00:02:49 | |
5 | Pea vine special | 00:03:13 | |
6 | Tupelo Blues | 00:03:24 | |
7 | I'm prison bound | 00:04:01 | |
8 | I rowed a little boat | 00:03:29 | |
9 | Water boy | 00:03:02 | |
10 | Church bell tone | 00:03:45 | |
11 | Bundle Up And Go | 00:02:15 | |
12 | Good Mornin', Lil' School Girl | 00:03:41 | |
13 | Behind the plow | 00:04:23 | |
14 | No shoes | 00:02:24 | |
15 | I Wanna Walk | 00:02:13 | |
16 | Canal Street Blues | 00:02:52 | |
17 | Run On | 00:02:11 | |
18 | I'm A Stranger | 00:02:40 | |
19 | Whiskey And Wimmen | 00:02:58 | |
20 | Solid Sender | 00:02:33 | |
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21 | Sunny Land | 00:02:28 | |
22 | Goin' to California | 00:02:22 | |
23 | I Can't Believe | 00:02:48 | |
24 | I'll Know Tonight | 00:02:41 | |
25 | Dusty road | 00:02:18 | |
CD 3 | |||
1 | Boogie Chillen | 00:03:08 | |
2 | I'm In The Mood | 00:03:06 | |
3 | Crawling King Snake | 00:03:01 | |
4 | Queen Bee | 00:02:34 | |
5 | Hobo Blues | 00:03:01 | |
6 | Weeping Willow | 00:02:51 | |
7 | Cold Chills | 00:01:42 | |
8 | Hoogie Boogie | 00:02:57 | |
9 | Whistling and moaning | 00:03:09 | |
10 | Sally Mae | 00:03:11 | |
11 | House rent boogie | 00:02:58 | |
12 | Anybody seen my baby | 00:03:13 | |
13 | I need some money | 00:02:26 | |
14 | Come On And See About Me | 00:03:09 | |
15 | I'm Wanderin' | 00:05:18 | |
16 | Democrat man | 00:03:28 | |
17 | I Want To Talk About You | 00:03:04 | |
18 | Gonna use my rod | 00:04:22 | |
19 | Wednesday Evening Blues | 00:03:34 | |
20 | No More Doggin' | 00:02:44 | |
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21 | One Of These Days | 00:04:10 | |
22 | I Believe I'll Go Back Home | 00:03:43 | |
23 | You're Leavin' Me, Baby | 00:03:55 | |
24 | That's My Story | 00:04:36 | |
CD 4 | |||
1 | Walkin' The Boogie | 00:02:45 | |
2 | Love Blues | 00:03:00 | |
3 | Union station blues | 00:02:57 | |
4 | It's My Own Fault | 00:03:00 | |
5 | Leave my wife alone | 00:02:48 | |
6 | Ramblin' by myself | 00:03:20 | |
7 | Sugar Mama | 00:03:15 | |
8 | Down At The Landing | 00:02:56 | |
9 | Louise | 00:03:04 | |
10 | Ground Hog Blues | 00:02:58 | |
11 | High priced woman | 00:02:44 | |
12 | Woman and money | 00:02:57 | |
13 | Boom boom | 00:02:29 | |
14 | Process | 00:03:35 | |
15 | I lost a good girl | 00:02:52 | |
16 | A New Leaf | 00:02:28 | |
17 | Blues Before Sunrise | 00:03:49 | |
18 | Let's Make It | 00:02:21 | |
19 | I Got A Letter | 00:02:41 | |
20 | Thelma | 00:03:29 | |
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21 | Drug store woman | 00:02:43 | |
22 | Keep your hands to yourself | 00:02:19 | |
23 | What do you say | 00:02:26 | |
CD 5 | |||
1 | Wandering Blues | 00:03:14 | |
2 | I'm Gonna Kill That Woman | 00:03:01 | |
3 | Heart trouble blues | 00:02:57 | |
4 | Don't You Remember Me | 00:02:44 | |
5 | Slim's Stomp | 00:02:57 | |
6 | The Numbers | 00:03:06 | |
7 | Nightmare Blues | 00:02:57 | |
8 | Moanin' blues | 00:03:01 | |
9 | Don't Go Baby | 00:03:12 | |
10 | Late Last Night | 00:02:57 | |
11 | Devil's Jump | 00:02:52 | |
12 | Poor Slim | 00:02:50 | |
13 | Sally Mae | 00:03:13 | |
14 | Hoogie Boogie | 00:02:57 | |
15 | See, See Baby | 00:02:22 | |
16 | Weeping Willow Boogie | 00:02:51 | |
17 | Whistlin' and moanin' | 00:03:13 | |
18 | War Is Over | 00:02:46 | |
19 | Drifting from door to door | 00:02:58 | |
CD 6 | |||
1 | Hug And Squeeze You | 00:02:55 | |
2 | I Love You Baby | 00:03:12 | |
3 | The Syndicator | 00:03:00 | |
4 | Boogie Woogie (All Night Long) | 00:02:42 | |
5 | Good Rockin' Mama | 00:02:28 | |
6 | Let your daddy ride | 00:02:40 | |
7 | Turn over a new leaf | 00:03:09 | |
8 | Don't You Remember Me | 00:02:48 | |
9 | Drifting from door to door | 00:03:00 | |
10 | She Left Me On My Bended Knee | 00:02:58 | |
11 | Tupelo | 00:03:24 | |
12 | I'm Mad Again | 00:02:38 | |
13 | I'm Going Upstairs | 00:02:53 | |
14 | Want Ad Blues | 00:02:13 | |
15 | Five Long Years | 00:03:37 | |
16 | I Like To See You Walk | 00:02:54 | |
17 | The Hobo | 00:03:09 | |
18 | Hard Headed Woman | 00:02:29 | |
19 | Wednesday Evening Blues | 00:03:58 | |
20 | Take Me As I Am | 00:03:01 | |
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21 | My first wife left me | 00:03:34 | |
22 | You're Looking Good Tonight | 00:02:55 | |
CD 7 | |||
1 | The Journey | 00:04:22 | |
2 | I Don't Want Your Money | 00:03:05 | |
3 | Hey Baby | 00:03:30 | |
4 | Mad man blues | 00:02:47 | |
5 | Bluebird | 00:03:03 | |
6 | Worried Life Blues | 00:03:07 | |
7 | Apologize | 00:03:04 | |
8 | Lonely Boy Boogie | 00:03:53 | |
9 | Please don't go | 00:02:31 | |
10 | Dreamin' Blues | 00:03:07 | |
11 | Hey boogie | 00:02:15 | |
12 | Just Me And My Telephone | 00:03:22 | |
13 | San Francisco | 00:02:43 | |
14 | Take A Look At Yourself | 00:02:46 | |
15 | Send me your pillow | 00:02:25 | |
16 | She Shot Me Down | 00:02:48 | |
17 | I love her | 00:02:11 | |
18 | Old Time Shimmy | 00:02:19 | |
19 | You know I love you | 00:01:54 | |
20 | Big Soul | 00:02:08 | |
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21 | Good Rockin' Mama | 00:02:27 | |
22 | Onions | 00:02:09 | |
23 | No One Told Me | 00:02:08 | |
CD 8 | |||
1 | Baby I'm Gonna Miss You | 00:02:39 | |
2 | Half a stranger | 00:03:16 | |
3 | Shake Holler And Run | 00:02:48 | |
4 | Down Child | 00:02:59 | |
5 | Gonna Boogie | 00:02:29 | |
6 | Bad boy | 00:03:11 | |
7 | Rock House Boogie | 00:03:00 | |
8 | Let's Talk It Over | 00:03:06 | |
9 | Baby You Ain't No Good | 00:03:13 | |
10 | Looking For A Woman | 00:03:18 | |
11 | Stuttering Blues | 00:02:18 | |
12 | Wobbling Baby | 00:02:40 | |
13 | You Lost A Good Man | 00:02:52 | |
14 | Love my baby | 00:02:39 | |
15 | Misbelieving baby | 00:02:33 | |
16 | Driftin' blues | 00:03:34 | |
17 | Don't Turn Me From Your Door | 00:02:43 | |
18 | My baby don't love me | 00:03:04 | |
19 | I Ain't Got Nobody | 00:02:32 | |
20 | Real real gone | 00:02:26 | |
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21 | Guitar Lovin' Man | 00:02:44 | |
22 | Talk About Your Baby | 00:02:36 | |
CD 9 | |||
1 | I Just Can't Hold On Much Longer | 00:05:28 | |
2 | I'm Gonna Keep On Walking | 00:03:28 | |
3 | I Was Standing By The Wayside | 00:04:41 | |
4 | T.B. Is Killing Me | 00:04:43 | |
5 | Run On Babe | 00:02:29 | |
6 | This World | 00:05:32 | |
7 | I Like To See You Walk | 00:02:32 | |
8 | It's You I Love, Baby | 00:02:58 | |
9 | Driftin' And Driftin' | 00:04:14 | |
10 | You Gonna Miss Me | 00:04:12 | |
11 | Black Man Blues | 00:03:36 | |
12 | Stomp Boogie | 00:03:10 | |
13 | Goin' Mad Blues | 00:03:48 | |
14 | Helpless Blues | 00:03:42 | |
15 | Shake Your Boogie | 00:03:03 | |
16 | Don't Go Baby | 00:03:06 | |
17 | John L's house rent boogie | 00:03:01 | |
18 | Leave my wife alone | 00:02:48 | |
19 | Ramblin' by myself | 00:03:19 | |
CD 10 | |||
1 | I Tried Hard | 00:02:55 | |
2 | Roll 'n' Roll | 00:02:42 | |
3 | Huckle up baby | 00:02:48 | |
4 | Henry's Swing Club | 00:03:12 | |
5 | Heart trouble blues | 00:02:55 | |
6 | Who's Been Jiving You | 00:03:11 | |
7 | No Friend Around | 00:02:54 | |
8 | Low Down Midnite Boogie | 00:03:37 | |
9 | I'm ready | 00:02:40 | |
10 | Wayne Country Ramblin' Blues | 00:03:11 | |
11 | Howling Wolf | 00:02:38 | |
12 | Playing The Races | 00:03:16 | |
13 | Woman in my life | 00:03:13 | |
14 | Taxi driver | 00:03:06 | |
15 | Queen Bee | 00:02:35 | |
16 | Alberta | 00:03:06 | |
17 | Twister blues | 00:02:34 | |
18 | Too Much Boogie | 00:03:00 | |
19 | You Receive Me | 00:03:13 | |
20 | Jump Me (One More Time) | 00:02:29 |