Black Night Is Falling

by John Lee Hooker

Overview

Recorded at the Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club in Montreal, Quebec, on May 5, 1977, Black Night Is Falling finds John Lee Hooker in fine voice and backed by a driving band composed of John Garcia on guitar, Steve Jones on bass, and Larry "Wild Man" Martin on drums, with the end result being an excellent example of live Hooker at his best. Highlights include impressive romps through two of Hooker's signature tunes, "Boom Boom," which simply blazes with raw energy here, and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer," which is delivered as a wonderfully paced barroom cautionary tale. This is what the live Hooker sounded like with a sympathetic band behind him, a band that luckily wasn't afraid to push him a little. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	06/22/2004
Label:	Justin Time / Just A Memory Records
UPC:	0068944915224
Rank:	165374

Tracks

1. Chicken and Gravy
2. It Serves Me Right to Suffer
3. Boom Boom
4. Black Night Is Falling
5. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
6. One Room Country Shack

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John Lee Hooker   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Steve Jones   Bass
John Garcia   Guitar
Larry Martin   Drums

Technical Credits

Stephane Bergeron   Digital Restoration
Ian Terry   Digital Restoration,Digital Mastering,Digital Processing
Rudy Toombs   Composer
Percy Mayfield   Composer
Jessie Mae Robinson   Composer
Mercy Dee Walton   Composer
Charles Brown   Composer
John Lee Hooker   Composer,Lyricist
Denis Cadieux   Digital Restoration
Denis Barnabe   Project Coordinator
Francois Arbour   Digital Restoration
Roue-Doudou Boicel   Liner Notes
Jean-Francois Chicoine   Digital Mastering