Mr. Lucky (John Lee Hooker album) explained

Mr. Lucky
Type:studio
Artist:John Lee Hooker
Cover:Mr._Lucky_(Hooker_album).jpg
Released:1991
Recorded:Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood
Plant Recording Studios, Sausalito
Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco
Genre:Blues
Length:46:04
Label:Virgin Records (Charisma, PointBlank, Classic) [1] / Silvertone (UK)
Producer:Ry Cooder, Mike Kappus, Roy Rogers, Carlos Santana
Prev Title:Lonesome Road
Prev Year:1990
Next Year:1991

Mr. Lucky is a 1991 album by American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lee Hooker. Produced by Ry Cooder, Roy Rogers and Carlos Santana under the executive production of Mike Kappus, the album featured musicians including Keith Richards, Blues Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Winter; and three inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Van Morrison, Booker T. Jones and Johnnie Johnson. And also Chester D. Thompson, who once played with Santana, on keyboards, has collaborated on writing a song on the album. Released on Virgin Records, including on its imprint label Classic Records, Mr. Lucky peaked at #101 on the "Billboard 200". Chester D. Thompson should not be mistaken with Chester Cortez Thompson, a drummer who also played with Santana, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Genesis and Phil Collins .

History

In 1989, John Lee Hooker achieved commercial and critical success with The Healer, an album which paired him with musicians including Carlos Santana [2] and Bonnie Raitt, with whom Hooker shared a Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Blues Recording" for the track "In the Mood".[3] With Mr. Lucky, producers Cooder, Rogers and Santana follow the same successful formula, to mixed critical reviews; Rolling Stone praised the album as a refinement over its predecessor with an "all around...sharper fit", its notable guests serving as "superb sidemen for a great bluesman".[4] Entertainment Weekly, by contrast, described the album as essentially "a tribute album" where "most of the tunes...don't sound like Hooker at all".[5] In spite of mixed reception, the album charted well, reaching #101 on the "Billboard 200" chart in 1991 and also enjoying international sales success.[6] [7] It was nominated for, but did not win, a Grammy.[8]

Track listing

All songs composed by John Lee Hooker (except where noted).

  1. "I Want to Hug You" (Hooker, Al Smith) – 2:52
  2. "Mr. Lucky" (Hooker, Smith) – 4:38
  3. "Backstabbers" (Hooker, Smith) – 5:01
  4. "This Is Hip" – 3:23
  5. "I Cover the Waterfront" – 6:39 (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman)
  6. "Highway 13" – 6:32
  7. "Stripped Me Naked" (Hooker, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson) – 4:18
  8. "Susie" – 4:23
  9. "Crawlin' King Snake" (Traditional) – 3:20
  10. "Father Was a Jockey" – 4:58

Personnel

Performance

Production

Notes and References

  1. Book: SPIN Media LLC. SPIN. December 1991. SPIN Media LLC. 1–.
  2. Web site: The Healer. Rollingstone.com. 22 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Thom Owens . The Healer - John Lee Hooker | Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 2015-12-12.
  4. Milward, John. (October 3, 2001) John Lee Hooker, Mr. Lucky Rolling Stone. Accessed December 17, 2007.
  5. Givens, Ron. (November 15, 1991). Music Capsule Review "Mr. Lucky" Entertainment Weekly. Accessed December 17, 2007.
  6. Web site: Mr. Lucky - John Lee Hooker | Awards . . 2015-12-12.
  7. Web site: Steffen Hung . John Lee Hooker - Mr. Lucky . Dutchcharts.nl . 2015-12-12.
  8. Rolling Stone. John Lee Hooker. rollingstone.com. Reproduced from The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001). accessdate December 17, 2007
  9. 131.

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