It Serves You Right to Suffer

by John Lee Hooker

Overview

Given Hooker's unpredictable timing and piss-poor track record recording with bands, this 1965 one-off session for the jazz label Impulse! would be a recipe for disaster. But with Panama Francis on drums, Milt Hinton on bass, and Barry Galbraith on second guitar, the result is some of the best John Lee Hooker material with a band that you're likely to come across. The other musicians stay in the pocket, never overplaying or trying to get Hooker to make chord changes he has no intention of making. This record should be played for every artist who records with Hooker nowadays, as it's a textbook example of how exactly to back the old master. The most surreal moment occurs when William Wells blows some totally cool trombone on Hooker's version of Berry Gordy's "Money." If you run across this one in a pile of 500 other John Lee Hooker CDs, grab it; it's one of the good ones. ~ Cub Koda

Product Details

Release Date:	01/24/2025
Label:	Verve
UPC:	0602475207733

Tracks

1. Shake It Baby
2. Country Boy
3. Bottle Up & Go
4. You're Wrong
5. Sugar Mama
6. Decoration Day
7. Money
8. It Serves You Right To Suffer

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John Lee Hooker   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Barry Galbraith   Guest Artist
Panama Francis   Guest Artist,Drums
Milt Hinton   Guest Artist,Bass
Joe Galbreath   Guitar
William Wells   Trombone

Technical Credits

Jim Marshall   Photography
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Composer
Bernard Besman   Composer
Bob Thiele   Producer
Janie Bradford   Composer
Erick Labson   Remixing
Robert Flynn   Cover Design
Percy Mayfield   Composer
Margaret Whitfield   Composer
Aaron Walker   Composer
Andy McKaie   Reissue Producer
Beth Stempel   Reissue Production Coordination
Alan Balfour   Liner Notes
Sonny Boy Williamson II   Composer
Stanley Dance   Original Liner Notes,Liner Notes
John Lee Hooker   Composer
Mark Humphrey   Liner Notes
Sonny Boy Williamson I   Composer
Meire Murakami   Reissue Design
Ray Ross   Cover Photo