''Hooker 'n Heat'' is a double album released by blues musician John Lee Hooker and the band

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in early 1971. It was the last studio album to feature harmonica player, guitarist and songwriter Alan Wilson, who died in from a drug overdose. The photo on the album cover was taken after Wilson's death, but his picture can be seen in a frame on the wall behind John Lee Hooker. Guitarist

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was also missing from the photo session. The person standing in front of the window, filling in for Henry, is the band's manager, Skip Taylor. Careful examination of the photo reveals that Henry's face was later added by the art department. Although featured on the cover, vocalist

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does not sing on the album. It was the first of Hooker's albums to chart, reaching number 78 in the

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. Hooker plays unaccompanied on side one and "Alimonia Blues"; on the remainder of side two and "The World Today" and "I Got My Eyes on You" Hooker is accompanied by Wilson on various instruments. The full band plays with Hooker on the rest of side three and all of side four. ''

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'' describes the album as “one of the few occasions when younger musicians partnered ookerto wholly beneficial effect.”

Track listing

''All songs written by John Lee Hooker except as noted.''

Charts

Personnel

;Canned Heat * John Lee Hooker -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

, guitars * Alan Wilson - harmonica;

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

on "Bottle Up and Go" and "The World Today"; rhythm guitar on "I Got My Eyes on You" and "Peavine" *

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...

on "Whiskey and Wimmen," "Just You and Me," "Let's Make It," and "Boogie Chillen' No. 2" * Antonio de la Barreda - bass * Adolfo de la Parra - drums *

- producer

References

{{Authority control 1971 albums John Lee Hooker albums Canned Heat albums Liberty Records albums Collaborative albums Elektra Records albums Albums produced by Bob Hite