Hooker ‘n’ Heat (1970) John Lee Hooker/Canned Heat SKU: PPRLP35002 Barcode: 5060149620960 47.00 £47.00 Genre: Blues Label: Pure Pleasure Released Date: 29th September 2009 Buying Format: 180g 2LP Gatefold Sleeve Hooker 'n' Heat (1970) quantity Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info 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! (RS 81) Bob Palmer – © Copyright 2000 Rolling Stone.com AMG/Lindsay Planer Artist John Lee Hooker/Canned Heat Genre Blues Label Pure Pleasure Buying Options 180g 2LP Gatefold Sleeve Format 180g , 2LP , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Side 1: 1. Messin’ With The Hook 2. The Feelin’ Is Gone 3. Send Me Your Pillow 4. Sittin’ Here Thinkin’ 5. Meet Me In The Bottom Side 2: 1. Alimonia Blues 2. Drifter 3. You Talk Too Much 4. Burning Hell 5. Bottle Up And Go Side 3: 1. The World Today 2. I Got My Eyes On You 3. Whiskey and Wimmen 4. Just You And Me Side 4: 1. Let’s Make It 2. Peavine 3. 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