Live at Cafe Au-Go-Go

by John Lee Hooker

Live at Cafe Au-Go-Go cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Bluesway
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:17
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Teaming the legendary bluesman with the Muddy Waters band in 1966, this atmospheric club recording anchors Hooker's deep, hypnotic boogie grooves with an incredibly tight Chicago blues rhythm section. The performance highlights his stark, rhythmic vocal storytelling thriving within an electric, heavily amplified context.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. I'm Bad Like Jesse James (5:03)
  2. She's Long, She's Tall (She Weeps Like A Willow Tree) (3:08)
  3. When My First Wife Left Me (3:42)
  4. Heartaches And Misery (5:10)
  5. One Bourbon, One Scotch And One Beer (4:05)
  6. I Don't Want No Trouble (4:09)
  7. I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (4:18)
  8. Seven Days (3:42)

Credits

  • John Lee Hooker - primary artist, written-by, guitar, vocals
  • Francis Clay - drums
  • Mac Arnold - electric bass
  • Luther Johnson - guitar
  • Muddy Waters - guitar
  • Sammy Lawhorn - guitar
  • George Smith - harmonica
  • Otis Spann - piano

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