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John Lee Hooker - Endless Boogie Audio CD

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John Lee Hooker Band: John Lee Hooker
Title: Endless Boogie
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Release Date: 1991-12-10
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: (I Got) A Good 'Un 2: House Rent Boogie 3: Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U (Blues for Jimi and Janis) 4: Standin' at the Crossroads 5: Pots on, Gas on High 6: We Might as Well Call It Through (I Didn't Get Married to Your Two-Timi 7: Doin' the Shout 8: Sheep Out on the Foam 9: I Don't Need No Steam Heat 10: Sittin' in My Dark Room 11: Endless Boogie, Pts. 27-28

Just check out the song titles...
That's what today's weak rock & pop music could use, more song titles like these. "Pots On, Gas on High" -- "I Don't Need No Steam Heat" -- "Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U (Blues for Jimi and Janis)" (spelling lesson for Prince?) -- and my favorite, "We Might As Well Call It Through (I Didn't Get Married to Your Two-Timing Mother)". . . .

I first got this 2-record set back in the early 70s, around the same time that the classic "Hooker 'n Heat" was released. Same concept, John Lee Hooker "jammin'" with some younger rock musicians like Steve Miller. These records got many of us young rock & roll fans hooked on the blues. This period was my favorite for JLH, not as "primitive" or raw as the very early recordings, but not as "smooth" as some of the later period stuff. If you like "Hooker 'n Heat" you'll want "Endless Boogie" as well.

Another reason to recommend this title, for whatever reason none of these songs appear on JLH collections such as Rhino's "Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990" (1991) or Shout's recent "Anthology 50 Years" (2009).

Now I'm gonna go up to the country & paint my mailbox blue.


I Don't Need No Steam Heat
A. It's 1973 and Handyman has somehow sweet-talked his way into an early morning half-hour gig broadcasting music over high school P. system. He and his friends almost always start the show with a cut from "Endless Boogie"
If John Lee Hooker and this session's stellar boogie-blues jam band worked for a bunch of bleary-eyed teens drifting into high school at 7:20 A. M. , and didn't get Handyman thrown off the job by administration and faculty haunting the hallways, it can work for you!
I second other reviews pointing to a lot of JLH fluff on the market. This is the real deal from a great period in JLH's career. Highly reccomended!.


I wish it was endless
John Lee is one of my favorites, but hgis catalog is pretty mixed. This is a quality John Lee Hooker album. Endless boogie is not just an album, but a phase John Lee went through that was my favorite period with the artist. This phase includes live albums like 'Live at Soldad prison and his work with Can Heat.

On this album the songs are great, their is a quality backing band (with Steve Miller on Guitar for most tracks), and excellent overall sound quality. This album reminds me a lot of another great JLH album 'Never get out of these blues alive' (buy it if you can find it.

This is a smoking boogie blues album. Buy it and enjoy.


Excellent !!!
It was $9. This was one of the first cds I had ever bought back in the early 90s. 99 even way back then. I have since bought or recommended this cd to all my friends. Its hard-core and AWESOME. #3 - Kick Hit. . . is stupendous from its first few chords. Then he hits you with #4 Standin' at the Crossroads. . . then some Sheep out on the Foam and In my Dark Room are slow methodical blues that just makes your head swing. I'm going to go home right now and crank this bad boy. Buy it. But beware, you'll rave about it to everyone who will listen and end up buying more for birthdays and holiday gifts.


Where the other tracks go?

Missing tracks include the House Rent Boogie (later covered by George Thorogood), Standin' At The Crossroads, Doin' The Shout, A Sheep Out On The Foam. be aware that the BGO release omits 4 tracks, about 23 minutes, while the MCA release has all 11 tracks.


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