Alone
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 Binding Audio CD. Artist(s): John Lee Hooker. Publisher(s): Rhino / Wea. Label: Rhino / Wea. Format: Import.
| Manufacturer: | Rhino Records |
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