Live at Sugar Hill explained

Live at Sugar Hill
Type:live
Artist:John Lee Hooker
Cover:Live at Sugarhill.jpg
Recorded:November 1962
Venue:Sugar Hill, San Francisco, California
Genre:Blues
Label:Galaxy
Producer:Sol Weiss, Jim Easton
Prev Title:John Lee Hooker on Campus
Prev Year:1963
Next Title:Concert at Newport
Next Year:1964

Live at Sugar Hill is a live album by blues musician John Lee Hooker recorded in the Sugar Hill club in California in 1962 and released by the Galaxy label. The album was reissued in 1974 by Fantasy as the first disc of the double LP Boogie Chillun which added ten additional previously unreleased recordings from the same concerts.

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Richie Unterberger stated: "Recorded live in November 1962 in San Francisco, this dates from the period in which Hooker often presented himself as a sort of blues/folk singer for the coffeehouse crowd, toning down his volume and aggressiveness somewhat. There's something of a muted "unplugged" feel to these solo performances (though an electric guitar is used). It's not ineffective, though not among his best work; it's the kind of Hooker you might want to put on past midnight, just before going to sleep".

Track listing

All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker except where noted

  1. "I Can't Hold On" – 4:07
  2. "I'm Gonna Keep on Walking" – 3:28
  3. "I Was Standing by the Wayside" – 4:46
  4. "T. B. Is Killing Me" – 4:12
  5. "Run On Babe" – 2:17
  6. "This World" – 5:27
  7. "I Like to See You Walk" – 2:28
  8. "It's You I Love, Baby" – 2:31
  9. "Driftin' and Driftin'" – 4:02
  10. "You Gonna Miss Me" – 3:58
  11. "You're Nice and Kind to Me Lou Della" – 5:00 Additional track on Boogie Chillun
  12. "I Need Some Money" – 3:10 Additional track on Boogie Chillun
  13. "I Want to Get Married" (B.B. King, Joe Josea) – 4:30 Additional track on Boogie Chillun
  14. "Matchbox" (Carl Perkins) – 4:05 Additional track on Boogie Chillun
  15. "Boogie Chillun" – 2:43 Additional track on Boogie Chillun
  16. "Night Time Is the Right Time" (Leroy Carr) — 3:20 Additional track on Boogie Chillun
  17. "You Don't Move Me Baby" – 4:15 Additional track on Boogie Chillun
  18. "You Been Dealin' with the Devil" – 3:30 Additional track on Boogie Chillun
  19. "Cruel Little Baby" – 3:00 Additional track on Boogie Chillun
  20. "I Got the Key to the Highway" (Charlie Segar, Big Bill Broonzy) – 3:30 Additional track on Boogie Chillun

Personnel

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