''Don't Look Back'' is an album released by

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singer-songwriter

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in 1997 that was co-produced by

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and

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. Van Morrison also performed duets with Hooker on four of the tracks. The album was the Grammy winner in the

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category in 1998. The title duet by Hooker and Morrison also won a Grammy for

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John Lee Hooker and Van Morrison

The two singers had collaborated on several occasions over the years before this album was realized and had become personal friends. Morrison had first recorded the title song, " Don't Look Back" on his debut album as the frontman for the Northern Irish band

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and according to one of the band members, Billy Harrison, the two first met in London in 1964. Their first collaboration was on Hooker's album, ''

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'' recorded in 1972, with a duet on the title song and Hooker's cover of Morrison's "

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". They guested on each other's albums over the years with Hooker also appearing on two films with Morrison: BBC's ''One Irish Rover'' and Morrison's 1990 video, ''

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Track listing

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) – 5:09 M* #"Ain't No Big Thing" (Hooker) – 5:19 #" Don't Look Back" (Hooker) – 6:41 M* #"Blues Before Sunrise" (

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, Hooker) – 6:41 #"Spellbound" (Hooker, Michael Osborn) – 3:56 #"Travellin' Blues" (Hooker) – 5:35 M* #"I Love You Honey" (Hooker, Freddy Williams) – 3:31 #"Frisco Blues" (Hooker) – 3:47 #" Red House" (

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) – 4:02 #"Rainy Day" (Hooker) – 5:50 M* Notes *L – with

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band and also produced by Los Lobos with Mario Caldato Jr. *M – Duets with Van Morrison

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Personnel

– vocal, guitar *

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– guitar * César Rosas – guitar *

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–

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– bass guitar *Victor Bisetti – drums *

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– harmonica *Danny Caron – guitar *Charles Brown – keyboards *Ruth Davies –

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*Kevin Hayes – drums *Jim Pugh – keyboards *Gregory Davis – trumpet *Roger Lewis – saxophone *John Allair – keyboards *Richard Cousins – bass *

– co-producer, executive producer

Notes

References

*Heylin, Clinton (2003). ''Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography'', Chicago Review Press

External links

The Rosebud agency presents: Don't Look Back
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