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John Lee Hooker - It Serves You Right to Suffer Audio CD

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John Lee Hooker Band: John Lee Hooker
Title: It Serves You Right to Suffer
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Release Date: 1999-07-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Shake It Baby 2: Country Boy 3: Bottle Up and Go 4: You're Wrong 5: Sugar Mama 6: Decoration Day 7: Money (That's What I Want) 8: It Serves You Right to Suffer

It Serves You Right To Suffer
Together the tracks found on It Serves You Right To Suffer play as such a strong and concise effort it serves as one of the greatest blues albums of all time. John Lee Hooker-It Serves You Right To Suffer ****1/2

The fact that you can get many of these tracks on compilations with some of Hookers best work is far from an argument against the album.

'Bottle Up & Go' 'Decoration Day' his working of 'Money' and the albums title track serve as some of the very best of Hookers long and fantastic career.

His playing throughout is inspired and crisp, among some of his best. His style is more prominent through this release than just about any other he would ever put out, and it shows why he became so influential in the guitar and blues realms.

It Serves You Right To Suffer is among the very best Hooker albums ever released. His power can be heard here better than any other of his albums, so buy a best of if you want but your missing the point when you avoid the album.


Top Notch John Lee Hooker
The sound quality on this album is top notch (this is not true with all John Lee Hooker material or blues in general). This is a great John Lee Hooker and probably one of the best blues albums period. This also includes some of Hooker's best songs, including "It Serves You Right to Suffer" and "Sugar Mama".

The real deal of this album is that Hooker is trying to mainstream himself here. This is not from the classic Hooker period (but it is a classic album). This album came out in the 60's after the start of the British Invasion and this is Hooker's attempt to make a mainstream album for those who were into British Invasion groups. This becomes evident during Hooker's version of "Money". Typically the blues artists that tried to make a mainstream/ pop album lost a lot of what makes them great but what is so amazing about this album is that Hooker makes a mainstream album and sounds like Hooker. One of Hooker's top five albums ever. You need to buy this. .


It serves you right to suffer
John Lee Hooker with some of his strongest blues and at a rock bottom price. This is the real deal. YOu can't beat it with a stick!.


One of John Lee's best...
This disc is one of his strongest efforts from the 1965-1974 period. Don't let the price fool you, this is not some bargain bin compilation, this was an official release from John Lee Hooker, and a great one. There isn't a weak song on here. "Shake It Baby" is one of my favorite John Lee songs and has an awesome high scream from him towards the middle. "Decoration Day" is another classic as is the title track. This CD captures all the moods of John Lee Hooker, the slow and brooding, the uptempo boogie, and everything in between. I would have spent three times as much on this great disc, but for $7 this is a STEAL.


hunker down with the hooker
Definitely worth it for the definitive Hooker sound. I dared to buy this and yes, I did it for the free shipping. Tunes mostly written by Hooker himself. Originally released in 1966, before the commercialized later versions. A rough raspy "Money" more gritty than the Beatles. And a sweet rendition of Decoration Day that gives a glimpse of John Lee's deep sorrow and hunger wrought thru the blues. Whether it is the myth or the man, you can feel it. Go get lost in the blues. it's Short, sweet, somber and sassy. What have you got to lose?.


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