No B!

by Jane Lee Hooker

Overview

New York-based quintet Jane Lee Hooker named themselves after one of the 20th century's titans but their 2016 debut, No B!, doesn't much trade in his patented down-home boogie. It's big, blowsy blooze, the kind learned second-hand through barrooms and covers records. Song doesn't matter much: whether it's a cover or an original, it's used as a platform for chops, something that each member undoubtedly has. The problem is, every member of Jane Lee Hooker plays with the dials crank to 11. Maybe Dana "Danger" Athens pushes her vocals that hard so she can be heard through the twin-engine roar of guitarists Tracy Hightop and Tina "T-Bone" Gorin, but the end effect winds up feeling a bit like GNR covering Honkin' on Bobo: over-amplified riffs we know too well. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	04/15/2016
Label:	Ruf Records
UPC:	0710347122920
Rank:	122153

Tracks

1. Wade in the Water
2. Mean Town Blues
3. I Believe to My Soul
4. Bumble Bee
5. In the Valley
6. Free Me
7. The Hunter
8. Champagne and Reefer
9. Didn't It Rain
10. Mannish Boy
11. Shake for Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jane Lee Hooker   Primary Artist
Tina Gorin   Guitar
Tracy Almazan   Guitar
Melissa Houston   Drums
Dana Athens   Vocals
"Hail Mary" Zadroga   Bass

Technical Credits

Scott Anthony   Mastering
Donald "Duck" Dunn   Composer
Matt Chiaravalle   Engineer,Producer,Mixing
McKinley Morganfield   Composer
Otis Redding   Composer
Milt Gabler   Composer
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer
Kansas Joe McCoy   Composer
Ray Charles   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Matt Boynton   Engineer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Booker T. Jones   Composer
Carl Wells   Composer
Johnny Winter   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Lizzie Douglas   Composer
Oliver Straus   Engineer
Dana Athens   Composer
Frederick J. Work   Composer
Alan Rand   Cover Photo
Kevin Germain   Assistant Engineer
Jim Belmont   Photography
John Wesley Work III   Composer