Various Artists- FROM CLARKSDALE TO HEAVEN: Remembering John Lee Hooker

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Various Artists- FROM CLARKSDALE TO HEAVEN: Remembering John Lee Hooker- CD- 2002-
- Blue Storm Music/Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited- 5034504122826- 100 grn
This tribute to John Lee Hooker is filled with stars from across the pond such as Jack Bruce, Gary Moore, Jeff Beck, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Mick Taylor and Clem Clemson. Hooker's daughter, Zakiya also puts in an appearance on the discs opening track. While there are some excellent performances here including "Bad Like Jessie James" and "I'm Leaving" the disc suffers from the inconsistencies in style and qualities that often plaque tribute discs. On the bright side, the disc contains a 4 minute 56 second, previously unreleased track of "Red House" featuring John Lee Hooker and Booker T.
PERSONNEL: Gary Moore, Jeff Beck, Andy Fairweather Low, Bobby Murray, Nigel Watson - guitar; Zakiya Hooker, Earl Green - voice; Jack Bruce - bass, vocals; Mick Taylor, Tony McPhee, Vince Converse - guitar, vocals; Johnnie Johnson, Max Middleton, Dave Moore - piano; Peter Green - guitar and harmonica; Gary Brooker - piano, vocals; Randy California - rhythm guitar; Jeff Allen, Richard Bailey, Bruce Gary, Gary Husband, Ric Lee, Godfrey McLean, Henry Spinetti, Kenny Greene, Richard Bailey - drums; Dave "Clem" Clempson - rhythm guitar; Tony Cook - synth guitar; David Daniel, Dave Hadley, Leo Lyons, Chris Wilson, Matt Pegg - bass; Dick Heckstall-Smith - tenor and soprano sax; Booker T. Jones -organ; Peter Stroud - bass acoustic; Michael Bailey - bass, vocals; Gregg's Eggs Band.
For the first of two tribute albums to John Lee Hooker, executive producer Arnie Goodman of Blue Storm Music has assembled an impressive list of British musicians from the 1960s who helped spark the '60s blues revival that was responsible for the ascension of Hooker (among others) into legendary status. The biggest name on his own is Jeff Beck, who plays guitar on "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and "Hobo Blues," but other notable figures include Cream's Jack Bruce, Leo Lyons and Ric Lee from Ten Years After, Procol Harum's Gary Brooker, ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, former Fleetwood Mac leader Peter Green, and Gary Moore. The performers are reverent toward Hooker's music, maintaining its relentless rhythmic power and even at times re-creating the master's haunting mumble of a voice. The set is not entirely given over to the Brits, however, as it opens with "I Want To Hug You," sung by Hooker's daughter, Zakiya, and ends with Hooker himself, accompanied by Booker T. Jones and Randy California, among others, performing a previously unreleased "Red House" that was cut for a Jimi Hendrix tribute album. There is also a newly written song ("The Business") penned by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and Bay Area musician Greg Anton that was earmarked for a Hooker project never recorded due to his death. Such tracks provide some variety, but the strength of the album is still in the devoted performances of people like Beck and Green.
Replica From Original Germany Edition.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Clear Tray Includes Foldout Insert.
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