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John Lee Hooker, The Groundhogs
Hooker & The Hogs
Genres: Country, Blues, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Mai Lee
2. I'm Losing You
3. Little Girl Go Back to School
4. Little Dreamer
5. Don't Be Messin' with My Bread
6. Bad Luck and Trouble
7. Waterfront
8. No One Pleases Me but You
9. It's Rainin' Here
10. It's a Crazy Mixed up World
11. Seven Days and Seven Nights
12. Wandering Blues [*]
13. Goin' Mad Blues [*]
14. Black Man Blues [*]
15. Helpless Blues [*]

CD Details

All Artists: John Lee Hooker, The Groundhogs
Title: Hooker & The Hogs
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Castle Us
Release Date: 2/15/2005
Genres: Country, Blues, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
Styles: Classic Country, Delta Blues, Traditional Blues, Regional Blues, Detroit Blues, Electric Blues, Acoustic Blues, Singer-Songwriters, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 021823607627

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Most everyone knows about the venerable Boogie Man's work with Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, the Stones, Van Morrison, Canned Heat, and other admiring white rock musicians. Few Hooker fans, however, know of his well-received tours and sessions in England in the early '60s with guitarist Tony (T.S.) McPhee's Groundhogs, named after one of Hooker's repertory numbers at the time. As attested to by these digitally re-mastered mono recordings, Hooker and his young acolytes really hit it off, with the Detroit bluesman's alchemical mix of rhythmic urgency and unyielding anguish of tone over the respectful, bare-bones 'Hogs on "I Cover the Waterfront," "Little Dreamer," and nine more. Note: Four haphazardly recorded "bonus tracks" feature Hooker, solo or with unidentified sidemen. --Frank-John Hadley

CD Reviews

A must for Collectors!

deepbluereview | SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA USA | 06/23/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Guitarist Tony McPhee was once asked to succeed Eric Clapton in John Mayall's Blues Breakers. He declined opting instead to continue playing with his own band, the Groundhogs. The Band's name was taken from a track on Hooker's "House of the Blues". When Hooker toured England in 1965, he was accompanied by the Groundhogs who essentially served as his back-up band. This Cd was recorded during that tour. The first 11 tracks are from the original mono recording featuring Hooker on Guitar and vocals, McPhee on Guitar, Pete Cruikshank on Bass, Dave Bookman on Drums and Tom Parker on Organ/Piano. Tracks 12-15 feature Hooker and "unidentified" guests. Each track features Hooker's trademark electric boogie in its rawest form. Except for being mono, the material could easily be mistaken for more recent Hooker material. No blues fan should be without this CD in his/her collection."