The Best Of Friends [2LP] Vinyl
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John Lee Hooker gathers a remarkable guest list on The Best of Friends, a 1998 collection pressed here on two LPs that celebrates the late-career renaissance of a blues giant.
Beginning with The Healer in 1989, Hooker enjoyed a stunning revival, recording a string of albums packed with admirers from rock, blues and soul who lined up to play beside him. This set draws on that rich period, giving the friendships of the title their own showcase while keeping his hypnotic, one-chord boogie at the centre of everything.
"The Healer" is the title track of that comeback, all smouldering rhythm and spiritual heat. "Baby Lee" pairs him with Robert Cray for a crisp, swinging duet, "Don't Look Back" finds Van Morrison and Charles Brown wrapping his voice in late-night warmth, and "Burnin' Hell" brings in Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite for a raw, haunted stomp.
Ry Cooder turns up more than once, Booker T. Jones and Ike Turner add their own flavour, and through it all Hooker never sounds anything less than in charge, his deep, rumbling voice doing more with a single growl than most singers manage in a verse.
It is a warm, generous portrait of a legend in his final years, surrounded by people who loved him.
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