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John Lee Hooker - Alone (1976) Genre: Blues This brooding lesson in the "Three D's" of the blues--despair, death, and desire--is a window into the melancholy soul of Hooker's art. Each of the two discs are separate sets from a '70s solo concert at New York City's Hunter College. And by the time Hooker asks "How deep and how low can you git?" near the performance's end, we already know. It's not merely the profound darkness of these tales--in which Hooker becomes a killer, a TB victim, an abandoned lover--but the pain with which he suffuses his pinched, red-clay voice. Then there's his guitar, constantly working idiosyncratic variations on his patented boogie; sliding and snapping out replies to the tense lyrics of "Jesse James" or his improvised lonesome wail "Tired of Being Your Doggie." Throughout, Hooker exercises his command of tension and drama. --Ted Drozdowski



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The two-disc "Alone" somehow manages to be folksy, menacing, spare and anarchic at the same time. Recorded live at New York's Hunter College in 1976, "Alone" is one of Hooker's last real solo statements. It works. "Alone" is not for everyone. Those with very short attention spans beware. Hooker is in live, solo, folk mode, often hushed and unhurried, and there are many, many silences on this album between the vocals and the occasional guitar bursts. Folkish, yes, but, as I said, there is menace afoot here. "Dark Room", "Jesse James" and "Never Get Out of These Blues Alive" from the first disc and most of the second disc are slow, moody, haunting blues. Great stuff. CD 1, called "The First Show" is better and has more life to it. CD 2 seems to be in front of an even smaller crowd and a mysterious harmonica makes a late and ghostly (and not very competent) appearance on the last three tracks. One note: the previous reviews make it sound as though Hooker is not playing electric guitar; he is, and it sounds awesome. In fact, the sound is very good for a 1976 live recording, much better than the full-band "The Cream" released on Tomato shortly after this one. (It's a better album overall, too). "Alone" also is available on two separate discs on Blues Alliance, I believe, but get this.



Tracks:

01 I Miss You So 2:48 John Lee Hooker -

02 I'm Bad Like Jesse James 4:31 John Lee Hooker -

03 Dark Room 4:53 John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman -

04 I'll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive 7:27 John Lee Hooker -

05 Boogie Chillen' 4:22 -

06 When My First Wife Left Me 5:40 John Lee Hooker -

07 Boom Boom 4:16 John Lee Hooker -

08 One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer 5:07 John Lee Hooker -

09 Feel Good 3:32 John Lee Hooker -

10 Some People 6:17 John Lee Hooker -

11 T.B. Blues 4:16 John Lee Hooker -

12 Baby Please Don't Go 5:47 John Lee Hooker -

13 Momma Killed a Chicken 2:47 John Lee Hooker -

14 Hobo Blues 3:13 John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman, Joe Josea -

15 Tired of Being Your Doggie 7:07 John Lee Hooker -

16 All Night Long 5:03 John Lee Hooker -

17 Crawlin' King Snake 5:29 John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman

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