Simply the Truth explained

Simply the Truth
Type:	studio
Artist:	John Lee Hooker
Cover:	Simply the Truth.jpg
Recorded:	New York City, September 17 & 18, 1968
Genre:	Blues
Label:	BluesWay
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Prev Title:	Urban Blues
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	That's Where It's At!
Next Year:	1969

Simply the Truth is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker released by the BluesWay label in 1969.^[1]

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Richie Unterberger stated: "Overseen by noted jazz producer Bob Thiele, this session had Hooker backed by some of his fullest arrangements to date ... The slightly modernized sound was ultimately neither here nor there, the center remaining Hooker's voice and lyrics. ... Another of his many characteristically solid efforts, although it's not one of his more interesting albums".

Track listing

All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker

1. "I Don't Wanna Go to Vietnam" – 5:36
2. "Mini Skirts" – 3:28
3. "Mean Mean Woman" – 5:45
4. "I Wanna Bugaloo" – 4:15
5. "Tantalizing with the Blues" – 5:05
6. "(Twist Ain't Nothin') But the Old Time Shimmy" – 3:19
7. "One Room Country Shack" – 4:27
8. "I'm Just a Drifter" – 6:04

Personnel

• John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
• Hele Rosenthal – harmonica
• Ernie Hayes – piano, organ
• Wally Richardson – guitar
• William Folwell – bass
• Bernard Purdie – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Simply the Truth. johnleehooker.com. August 30, 2019.