Sweet Black Angel (Earl Hooker album) explained

Sweet Black Angel
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Earl Hooker
Cover:	Sweet Black Angel (Earl Hooker album).jpg
Released:	1969
Recorded:	May 1969
Studio:	Los Angeles, CA
Genre:	Blues
Length:	28:09
Label:	Blue Thumb
Producer:	Bob Krasnow, Ike Turner
Chronology:	Earl Hooker
Prev Title:	2 Bugs and a Roach
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Don't Have to Worry
Next Year:	1969

Sweet Black Angel is an album by blues musician Earl Hooker released on the Blue Thumb label in 1969.^{[1] [2]} The album was co-produced by musician Ike Turner and Blue Thumb founder Bob Krasnow.

Reception

The AllMusic review stated: "It's a wide-ranging collection, as its oddly generic song titles ("Country and Western," "Shuffle," "Funky Blues") would eloquently indicate."

Track listing

1. "I Feel Good" (James Brown) – 2:02
2. "Drivin' Wheel" (Roosevelt Sykes) – 3:19
3. "Shuffle" (Bob Krasnow, Earl Hooker, Ike Turner) – 2:49
4. "Country and Western" (Hooker) – 3:05
5. "Sweet Home Chicago" (Robert Johnson, Adapted by Earl Hooker) – 2:52
6. "Sweet Black Angel" (Robert Nighthawk) – 2:31
7. "Boogie, Don't Blot!" (Krasnow, Turner) – 2:26
8. "Cross Cut Saw" (R. G. Ford) – 2:24
9. "Catfish Blues" (Krasnow, Hooker, Turner) – 2:36
10. "The Mood" (Hooker, Turner) – 1:38
11. "Funky Blues" (Turner) – 2:27

Personnel^[3]

• Earl Hooker – guitar, vocals
• Mack Simmons – speech, harmonica
• Ike Turner – piano, guitar ("The Mood")
• Soko Richardson – drums
• Possibly Jesse Knight Jr – bass

Notes and References

1. https://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/bluethumb.html Both Sides Now: Blue Thumb/Banana Album Discography
2. https://www.wirz.de/music/hookearl.htm American Music: Earl Hooker discography
3. Book: Danchin, Sebastian.. Earl Hooker, blues master. 2001. University Press of Mississippi. 9781621032823. Jackson. 301489355.