Blues With A Vengeance

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:57:22
Personnel: John Lee Hooker, Jr. (vocals); Kim Turner, Craig Robinson (vocals); John Garcia, Jr., Jeff Horan (guitar); Will "Roc" Griffin (keyboards); Frank "Tebo" Thibeaux (bass instrument); John Handy Jr. (drums). The fact that his father was one of the most distinctive and influential bluesmen in the history of the genre doesn't seem to have stopped John Lee Hooker Jr. from pursing a career in the business. Hooker Jr., whose debut album, BLUES WITH A VENGEANCE, appeared in 2004, pays loving tribute here by covering Hooker classics "Dimples," "Boom Boom," and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer," and demonstrates his love of old-school blues in general by tackling T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday." The rest of the album is taken up by Hooker Jr.'s own compositions, which are witty, sophisticated, and quite different from his old man's. In fact, Hooker Jr.'s blues emphasize full band arrangements and showmanship, bearing more relation to the slick urban blues of B.B. King than the swampy drones his father made famous. "Blues Ain't Nothin' But a Pimp" features a full horn section and back-up singers, for example, while lyrical references to cell phones, McDonald's, and crack (and that's only on "Suspicious," the album's first song), make clear an eye for concrete, contemporary detail. While the name recognition doesn't hurt, John Lee Hooker Jr. proves he can stand in his own self-made shoes.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)