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John Lee Hooker

Don't Turn Me From Your Door [Import]

Don't Turn Me From Your Door [Import]

Speakers Corner | CAT #: Atco SD 33-151

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  • 1xLP pressed on 180g Black Vinyl

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ARTIST: John Lee Hooker
LABEL: Speakers Corner
CAT NO: Atco SD 33-151
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  • Blues

DESCRIPTION

John Lee Hooker is not only a mystery but also an interesting man to study. Some, like the author Jacques DemĆŖtre called the musician from Mississippi Ā» the rawest and African of all blues players from a musical point of viewĀ«, while the critic Net Hentoff was awestruck by Hooker’s unfiltered power of expression that could scare the pants off a listener taken unawares.

The numbers on this LP bear witness to the fact that Hooker’s musical language could stir one’s emotions deeply, even without the meaty ā€˜boom boom’. Each title is like a raw diamond, which is intentionally uncut and is to be perceived with directness. With a stutter and a slur in his speech, the singer declaims his song over a twangy guitar, which is driven along by the rhythmic meter.

A final farewell is taken sluggishly and sullenly in the forthright text of ā€œYou Lost A Good Manā€, and even a song without words (ā€œMisbelieving Babyā€) ponders a question in a purely instrumental monologue. Apart from a dash of boogie (ā€œPouring Down Rainā€) Hooker avoids all manner of sweet sounds and harmonies. He remains austerely raw, mercilessly honest, occasionally unforgiving, and denies all thoughts of any kind regarding going ā€˜back to the roots’. This sound IS the root of it all.

TRACKLIST

1. Stuttering Blues
2. Wobbling Baby
3. You Lost A Good Man
4. Love My Baby
5. Misbelieving Baby
6. Drifting Blues
7. Don't Turn Me From Your Door
8. My Baby Don't Love Me
9. I Ain't Got Nobody
10. Real Real Gone
11. Guitar' Lovin Man
12. Talk About Your Baby

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