Never Get Out of These Blues Alive

Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
Studio album by John Lee Hooker
Released 1972
Recorded September 28 - 29, 1971
Studio Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Genre Country blues, Delta blues, Detroit blues
Length 39:50
Label ABC
Producer Ed Michel
John Lee Hooker chronology
Endless Boogie
(1971)Endless Boogie1971		 Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
(1972)		 Free Beer and Chicken
(1974)Free Beer and Chicken1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA–[2]

Never Get Out of These Blues Alive is a studio album by American blues musician John Lee Hooker, released in 1972 by ABC Records and recorded from September 28 through September 29, 1971. The album features Van Morrison, Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite, and Steve Miller. The album was re-released in 1987 by See For Miles Records with four additional tracks from the same session, including two with Hooker's cousin Earl Hooker on slide guitar.

Track listing

All songs written by Hooker, except noted.

  1. "Bumble Bee Blues" – 4:12
  2. "Hit the Road" – 2:57
  3. "Country Boy – 6:59
  4. "Boogie with the Hook" – 6:32
  5. "If You'll Take Care of Me, I'll Take Care of You" – 3:42
  6. "(I Got) A Good 'Un" – 3:26
  7. "T.B. Sheets" (Hooker, Van Morrison) – 4:58
  8. "Letter to My Baby" – 3:57
  9. "Never Get Out of These Blues Alive" – 10:15
  10. "Baby I Love You" – 3:15
  11. "Lonesome Mood" – 4:51


Personnel

Charting history

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Top Jazz Albums[3] 130

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "John Lee Hooker". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251.
  3. ↑ "Never Get Out of These Blues Alive – Allmusic – Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
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