john lee hooker & canned heat - hooker 'n heat ( 2 x 33rpm lp)
john lee hooker & canned heat - hooker 'n heat ( 2 x 33rpm lp)
john lee hooker & canned heat - hooker 'n heat ( 2 x 33rpm lp)

john lee hooker & canned heat - hooker 'n heat ( 2 x 33rpm lp)

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PP 35002
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Description
MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 2 x 180gr (black Vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Gatefold
CONDITION COVER M mint
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE   cannedheatmusic.com    johnleehooker.com

John Lee Hooker - guitar, vocals
Alan Wilson – piano, harmonica
Henry Vestine - guitar
Antonio de la Barreda – bass
Adolfo de la Parra - drums

messin' with the hook - 3:23
the feelin' is gone - 4:32
send me your pillow - 4:48
sittin' here thinkin' - 4:07
meet me in the bottom - 3:34
alimonia blues - 4:31
drifter - 4:57
you talk too much - 3:16
burning hell - 5:28
bottle up and go - 2:27
the world today - 7:47
i got my eyes on you - 4:26
whiskey and wimmen - 4:37
just you and me - 7:42
let's make it - 4:06
peavine - 5:07
boogie chillen' no. 2 - 11:33

When this two-LP set was initially released in January 1971, Canned Heat was back to its R&B roots

Sporting a slightly revised personnel with the return of Henry "Sunflower" Vestine and the incorporation of Antonio "Tony" de la Barreda on bass, a highly skilled constituent of Aldolfo de la Parra on drums

Sadly, it would also be the final effort to include co-founder Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, who passed away in September 1970

Hooker 'n Heat (1971) is a low-key affair split between unaccompanied solo John Lee Hooker tunes, collaborations between Hooker and Wilson, as well as five full-blown confabs between Hooker and Heat

The full-fledged collaborations shine as both parties unleash some of their finest respective work

While Canned Heat get top bill — probably as it was the group's record company that sprung for Hooker 'n Heat — make no mistake, as Hooker steers the combo with the same gritty and percussive guitar leads that have become his trademark

The epic "Boogie Chillen No. 2" stretches over 11-and-a-half minutes and is full of the same swagger as the original, with the support of Canned Heat igniting the verses and simmering on the subsequent instrumental breaks with all killer and no filler

Canned Heat are hands down the best back-up band John Lee Hooker has recorded

And despite the cover billing, they are very much a back-up group, for this is really a John Lee Hooker album, and one of his best in a long while

Much of the credit goes to the Heat's planning and programming

They have caught Hooker in a variety of settings: soloist in his own characteristic idiom; playing a fantastic series of duets with the late Al Wilson; and fronting the entire band (minus Hite, who worked on the project, and spread his infectious good humor, from the control booth) for some righteous, raunchy boogie

Canned Heat have made no secret of the fact that their entire boogie series, spread over some three albums, draws its inspiration from Hooker's work, so the combination is a natural

The second album in this two-record set is given over to band numbers, and it's the best of the two

Mention should be made of the earth-moving power of Antonio de la Barreda and Adolfo de la Parra, the Heat's south-of-the-border rhythm section, and of the engineering, which may still be a little too clean for Hooker, but then, nobody records in barns anymore

Hooker fans are going to dig this record, and so are Heat fans, and that includes a lot of people

Let 'em boogie!

- Bob Palmer, 2000 Rolling Stone -

- Lindsay Planer, amg -

RECORDING May 1970 at Liberty Records Los Angeles, California
ENGINEERING Dino Lappas
LABEL Liberty
RE MASTERING Ron McMaster at Alchemy / Air Mastering
RE RELEASED 2022
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas
MADE IN England / Germany
STYLE Pop / Rock / Blues / Boogie
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock
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