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Hooker ’n Heat
Blues · 1971 · 16 tracks

Hooker ’n Heat

Canned Heat

A double-album masterclass in electric blues. John Lee Hooker's foot-stomping grit meets Canned Heat's psychedelic boogie for a raw, smoke-filled session.

January 1971 · Liberty Stereo-Tape

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A gritty, hypnotic descent into the heart of the electric boogie.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
Messin’ With the Hook
3:20
02
The Feelin’ Is Gone
4:30
03
Send Me Your Pillow
4:47
04
Sittin’ Here Thinkin’
4:07
05
Meet Me in the Bottom
3:33
06
Alimonia Blues
4:32
07
Drifter
4:56
08
You Talk Too Much
3:15
09
Burning Hell
5:26
10
Bottle Up and Go
2:29
11
The World Today
7:45
13
Whiskey and Wimmen’
4:35
14
Just You and Me
7:39
15
Let’s Make It
4:05
16
Peavine
5:05
17
Boogie Chillen No. 2
11:33
Moments Worth Listening For
The eleven-minute sprawl of Boogie Chillen No. 2 where the rhythm becomes a physical pulse.
Alan Wilson's haunting harmonica weaving through Hooker's gravelly delivery on The World Today.
The moment the full band kicks in on Burning Hell after the tense, sparse opening.
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