John Lee Hooker – Burning Hell + Skip James – Today! CD Bundle

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Release Date: July 19, 2024

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Burning Hell description:
Burning Hell was recorded in 1959 in Detroit, MI, but wasn’t released until 1964. Even then, it was only available in the UK. The album features Hooker solo as he plays originals and classics. AllMusic states that, on this album, “Hooker shows himself to be an excellent interpreter who could have held his own with Delta bluesmen of any era.”

Today! description:
Today! is Skip James’ second album, originally released in 1966. The album features James solo on all but one track, “How Long,” which includes Russ Savakus on bass.AllMusic asserts, “wonderful vocals, superb guitar and a couple of tunes with tasty piano make this essential.”  

Burning Hell:
1. Burning Hell
2. Graveyard Blues
3. Baby Please Don't Go
4. Jackson, Tennessee
5. You Live Your Life And I'll Live Mine
6. Smokestack Lightnin'
7. How Can You Do It?
8. I Don't Want No Woman If Her Hair Ain't No Longer Than Mine
9. I Rolled And Turned And Cried The Whole Night Long
10. Blues For My Baby
11. Key To The Highway
12. Natchez Fire

Today!:
1. Hard Times Killing Floor Blues
2. Crow Jane
3. Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues
4. Special Rider Blues
5. Drunken Spree
6. Cherryball
7. How Long
8. All Night Long
9. Cypress Grove
10. Look Down the Road
11. My Gal
12. I’m So Glad

Burning Hell Features:
- John Lee Hooker solo acoustic album

Today! Features:
- All songs written by Skip James with the exception of “How Long,” written by Leroy Carr
- All songs performed by Skip James solo with the exception of “How Long,” which features Russ Savakus on bass