JOHN LEE HOOKER - It Serve You Right To Suffer (1965)
Originally released on Impulse in 1965, "It Serves You Right to
Suffer" may not contain John Lee Hooker's better-known material, but it
does serve up eight tracks of topnotch blues, complete with the boogie
groove that Hooker does so well. The digital remastering for this CD is
a blessing; the recording sounds almost as clean as one made today.
That prevents the listener from being distracted from this album's many
delights: the uptempo, low-key "Shake It Baby"; the relaxed but
rhythmically tight "Country Boy"; the danceable "Bottle Up & Go";
and the slow, sexy shuffle of "Sugar Mama." Especially worth hearing,
however, is the title track, which strikes a perfect tension between
musicality and mood.
01. Shake It Baby
02. Country Boy
03. Bottle Up And Go
04. You’re Wrong
05. Sugar Mama
06. Decoration Day
07. Money
08. It Serve You Right
