Burning Hell [Bluesville Acoustic Sounds Series]

by John Lee Hooker

Overview

A 1959 recording that was inexplicably not issued in the United States until 1992, Burning Hell ranks among John Lee Hooker's most edgy and focused performances. A companion piece to The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, it finds Hooker singing country-blues, accompanied only by his own acoustic guitar -- something he rarely did after traveling north from the Mississippi Delta. Tackling several originals as well as tunes associated with Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Big Bill Broonzy, Hooker shows himself to be an excellent interpreter who could have held his own with Delta bluesmen of any era. Although his guitar playing is pretty raw even by blues standards, Hooker more than compensates with his powerful, resonant voice. Several tracks, including "Burnin' Hell" and "You Live Your Life and I'll Live Mine," are downright frightening in their intensity. Although Robert Jr. Lockwood is often identified as Robert Johnson's successor, this album would seem to indicate that John Lee Hooker is the most likely candidate to have a hellhound on his trail.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/07/2024
Label:	Craft Recordings
UPC:	0888072507937
Rank:	117370

Tracks

1. Burnin' Hell [Remastered 2024]
2. Graveyard Blues [Remastered 2024]
3. Baby Please Don't Go [Remastered 2024]
4. Jackson Tennessee [Remastered 2024]
5. You Live Your Life And I'll Live Mine [Remastered 2024]
6. Smokestack Lightnin' [Remastered 2024]
7. How Can You Do It? [Remastered 2024]
8. I Don't Want No Woman
9. Her Hair Ain't No Longer Than Mine (Short Haired Woman) [Remastered 2024]
10. I Rolled And Turned And Cried The Whole Night Long [Remastered 2024]
11. Blues For My Baby [Remastered 2024]
12. Key To The Highway [Remastered 2024]
13. Natchez Fire (Burnin') [Remastered 2024]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John Lee Hooker   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Orrin Keepnews   Editing,Compilation Producer
Phil DeLancie   Digital Remastering,Remastering
Bernard Besman   Composer
Big Joe Williams   Composer
Bill Grauer, Jr.   Producer
Chester Burnett   Composer
Charles Segar   Composer
Sam Hopkins   Composer
Howlin' Wolf   Composer
William Lee Conley Broonzy   Composer
Alan Bates   Liner Notes
John Lee Hooker   Composer