John Lee Hooker – Mr Lucky
(Silvertone Records 1991 ORELP519)
Sleeve & Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– hype sticker on front top right
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was born in Mississippi, the son of a sharecropper, and rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early North Mississippi Hill country blues. He developed his own driving-rhythm boogie style, distinct from the 1930s–1940s piano-derived boogie-woogie. Some of his best known songs include “Boogie Chillen'” (1948), “Crawling King Snake” (1949), “Dimples” (1956), “Boom Boom” (1962), and “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” (1966). Boogie Chillen’ was the most popular race record of 1949.
Mr. Lucky is a 1991 album by American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lee Hooker. Produced by Ry Cooder, Roy Rogers and Carlos Santana under the executive production of Mike Kappus, the album featured musicians including Keith Richards, Blues Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Winter; and three inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Van Morrison, Booker T. Jones and Johnnie Johnson. Released on Virgin Records, including on its imprint label Classic Records, Mr. Lucky peaked at #101 on the “Billboard 200″.
Track listing
All songs composed by John Lee Hooker (except where noted).
- “I Want to Hug You” (Hooker, Al Smith) – 2:52
- “Mr. Lucky” (Hooker, Smith) – 4:38
- “Back Stabbers” (Hooker, Smith) – 5:01
- “This Is Hip” – 3:23
- “I Cover the Waterfront” – 6:39
- “Highway 13” – 6:32
- “Stripped Me Naked” (Hooker, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson) – 4:18
- “Susie” – 4:23
- “Crawlin’ King Snake” (Tony Hollins, Bernard Besman, Hooker) – 3:20
- “Father Was a Jockey” – 4:58
Personnel
Performance
- Kenny Baker – saxophone
- Gaylord Birch – drums
- Bowen Brown – drums
- Albert Collins – guitar
- Tom Compton – drums
- Ry Cooder – guitar
- Richard Cousins – bass
- Robert Cray – guitar, vocals
- Maurice Cridlin – bass
- Steve Ehrmann – bass
- Terry Evans – vocals
- Jeff Ganz – bass
- William “Bill” Greene – vocals
- Jim Guyett – bass
- John P. Hammond – harmonica, slide guitar
- Kevin Hayes – drums
- John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
- Johnnie Johnson – piano
- Booker T. Jones – organ
- Deacon Jones – organ
- Tim Kaihatsu – guitar
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Bobby King – vocals
- Nick Lowe – bass
- Scott Mathews – drums
- Van Morrison – guitar, vocals
- Michael Osborn – guitar
- Karl Perazzo – timbales
- Jimmy Pugh – organ
- Raul Rekow – conga
- Keith Richards – guitar
- Benny Rietveld – bass
- Carlos Santana – guitar
- Larry Taylor – bass
- Chester Thompson – keyboards
- Johnny Winter – guitar
Production
- Carol Bobolts – design
- Ry Cooder – producer
- Arne Frager – engineer, mixing
- Mike Kappus – executive producer, concept, talent coordinator
- Samuel Lehmer – engineer, mixing
- Roy Rogers – producer
- Steve Samiof – art direction
- Carlos Santana – producer
- Allen Sides – engineer
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