''Simply the Truth'' is an album by blues musician

John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often ...

released by the BluesWay label in 1969.

Reception

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reviewer Richie Unterberger stated: "Overseen by noted jazz producer Bob Thiele, this session had Hooker backed by some of his fullest arrangements to date ... The slightly modernized sound was ultimately neither here nor there, the center remaining Hooker's voice and lyrics. ... Another of his many characteristically solid efforts, although it's not one of his more interesting albums".

Track listing

All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker # "I Don't Wanna Go to Vietnam" – 5:36 # "Mini Skirts" – 3:28 # "Mean Mean Woman" – 5:45 # "I Wanna Bugaloo" – 4:15 # "Tantalizing with the Blue" – 5:05 # "(Twist Ain't Nothin') But the Old Time Shimmy" – 3:19 # "One Room Country Shack" – 4:27 # "I'm Just a Drifter" – 6:04

Personnel

– guitar, vocals *Hele Rosenthal – harmonica *Ernie Hayes – piano, organ *Wally Richardson – guitar *William Folwell – bass *

Bernard Purdie Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul and funk musician. He is known for his precise musical time keeping and his signature use of triplets against a half-time backbeat: the "Purdie ...

– drums

References

{{Authority control John Lee Hooker albums 1969 albums BluesWay Records albums Albums produced by Bob Thiele