Free Beer and Chicken

by John Lee Hooker

Free Beer and Chicken cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: ABC
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:50
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during a period of prolific experimentation, the legendary bluesman submerges his signature boogie style into deep, contemporary funk and heavy rock rhythms. Featuring extensive use of the wah-wah pedal and a guest appearance by Joe Cocker, the album is a fiery, unorthodox highlight of his 1970s output.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, bluesy, funky, soulful, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Make It Funky (3:23)
  2. Five Long Years (6:02)
  3. 713 Blues (5:57)
  4. 714 Blues (1:39)
  5. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (3:33)
  6. Homework (4:27)
  7. Bluebird (5:25)
  8. Settin' On Top Of The World (3:24)
  9. (You'll Never Amount To Anything If You Don't Go To) Collage (A Fortuitous Concatenation Of Events) (5:56)

Credits

  • John Lee Hooker - primary artist, arranged by, written-by, vocals, guitar
  • Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson - arranged by, guitar
  • Dave Sheridan - illustration
  • Joe Cocker - written-by, vocals, tambourine
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Stephen Kupka - baritone saxophone
  • Clifford Coulter - bass [fender bass], piano, bass [fender bass], clavinet [hohner clavinete], clavinet [hohner clavinet], clavinet [hohner clavinet], synthesizer [moog], bass [fender bass], synthesizer [moog and arp], bass [fender bass], clavinet [hohner clavinet], electric piano [fender rhodes], bass [moog bass]
  • Ken Swank - drums

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