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Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker - The Best of Hooker 'n Heat Audio CD

A fair review of the Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker "The Best of Hooker 'n Heat" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker reviews here, or go back to the Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker tabs.

Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker Band: Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker
Title: The Best of Hooker 'n Heat
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Release Date: 1996-05-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: You Talk Too Much 2: Burning Hell 3: Bottle up and Go 4: World Today 5: I Got My Eyes on You 6: Whiskey and Wimmen' 7: Just You and Me 8: Let's Make It 9: Peavine 10: Boogie Chillen, No. 2

The Best of Hooker'N'Heat
The record company realized that the original 2-disc Hooker 'N' Heat release was overbloated, so they pared it down to this 1-disc. Like ice cream pizza, Hooker 'n' Heat is a pairing of two great things that doesn't quite work. . . . but it's still just not worth the money.

Find a Hooker compilation that includes "Burning Hell" (which is nearly ANY Hooker compilation) and you're good to go.


Hooker Plus Canned Heat Equals Sterno!!!
These wonderful songs are as improvisational as any jazz session: Hooker finds a beat, starts off, and lets the boys in the band play catch-up until they run out of musical ideas and the song ends. Hooker 'N Heat is almost universally considered the greatest album in the long and storied careers of both Delta bluesman John Lee Hooker and California boogeymen Canned Heat. Hook has special praise for Alan Wilson, the Heat's wunderkid harpist, noting that Wilson is the best harmonica player ever: "I don't know how he follow me, but he do. " In this best of the best compilation from those sessions (a great idea for us budget-minded listeners), standout songs include "Burning Hell," which is the Hook's rockin' and rollin' take on the afterlife, "The World Today," a talking piece circa 1970, in which the fiftysomething Hooker identifies with young people and is glad "the old coots are gone," and "Boogie Chillen' 2," an 11-minute jamfest of Hooker's first hit that will have you jumping out of your seat. For their part, the Heat add outstanding instrumental support (singer Bob "the Bear" Hite adds no vocals, but aids in production duties); as noted above, Wilson's harp work is fabulous, and this record must be seen as the crowning achievement of his career. (Sadly, he died while waiting for the record to be released; thats his picture on the wall in the album photos. ) In short, a thrilling offering from two of the rockingest, boogieingest (is that a word?) artists ever, and one to surely lift you out of your seat. Get this disc and turn up the heat!!!.


one of his best
when john lee plays "peavine" i can hear it coming down the tracks. i rarely rate anything 5 stars, but this one makes it. and the 11 minute version of "boogie chillen" is excellent. the version of "burnin' hell" is my fav of all time - the harp is excellent (like john lee said, "i don't know how he follow me but he do. "). i've got at least a half dozen of his cds and this one may be the best.


Hero and Worshippers = +
Hooker at the time was only known to bluesheads or ghetto dwellers. This recording for those of you that weren't around, was a meeting of a giant bluesman and some of the best original 60's hippie bluesmen. The Canned Heat, well what more to say. No frills, no wah wah's, just Gibson guitars playing mean mean ol blues. There was no SUPERSTAR "Hooker", just a bunch of guys that felt the music and laid it down as it was for them at the moment. Very little production or editing, just live blues in the studio. A seminal recording, have owned it since it was released.


Don't waste your money
It is boring. There are plenty of John Lee Hooker cds that are way better than this one. Besides, Canned heat has a double disc best of release that makes all others seem unnecessary.


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