Hooker 'n Heat

Hooker 'n Heat
Studio album by John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat
Released	January 15, 1971
Recorded	May 1970 (1970-05) [1]
Studio	Liberty Records, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Blues
Length	83:40
Label	Liberty
Producer	Bob Hite, Skip Taylor
John Lee Hooker chronology
Get Back Home in the U.S.A. (1970) Hooker 'n Heat (1971) Goin' Down Highway 51 (1971)

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Messin' with the Hook"	3:23
2.	"The Feelin' Is Gone"	4:32
3.	"Send Me Your Pillow"	4:48
4.	"Sittin' Here Thinkin'"	4:07
5.	"Meet Me in the Bottom"	3:34

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Alimonia Blues"		4:31
2.	"Drifter"	Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams	4:57
3.	"You Talk Too Much"		3:16
4.	"Burning Hell"	John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman	5:28
5.	"Bottle Up and Go"	Tommy McClennan	2:27

Side three

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The World Today"	7:47
2.	"I Got My Eyes on You"	4:26
3.	"Whiskey and Wimmen"	4:37
4.	"Just You and Me"	7:42

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let's Make It"		4:06
2.	"Peavine"		5:07
3.	"Boogie Chillen' No. 2"	John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman	11:33

Charts

Chart (1971)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [9]	24
US Billboard 200 [2]	73

Personnel

• John Lee Hooker - vocals, guitars

Canned Heat

• Alan Wilson - harmonica; piano on "Bottle Up and Go" and "The World Today"; rhythm guitar on "I Got My Eyes on You" and "Peavine"
• Henry Vestine - electric guitar 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
• Bob Hite - producer

References

1. "allmusic: Hooker 'n Heat (Infinite Boogie)". allmusic. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
2. "Billboard 200 - Week of April 3, 1971". Billboard . April 3, 1971.
3. Chilton, Martin (January 15, 2025). "'Hooker 'N Heat': A Fiery Collaboration Between Two Blues Legends". uDiscoverMusic.
4. "Special Merit Spotlight" (PDF). Billboard . May 15, 1971. p. 46 – via World Radio History.
5. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 273. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
6. Record Collector's review
7. Giles, Jeff (January 15, 2016). "How Canned Heat Teamed With John Lee Hooker for 'Hooker 'n Heat'". Ultimate Classic Rock.
8. Cashmere, Paul (April 18, 2019). "Canned Heat founder Fito de la Parra solves the mystery of the Hooker 'N Heat cover". Noise11.com. The Noise Network Pty Ltd. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
9. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 141. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.