The audio quality may be more refined than any bluesman was able to achieve when Hooker was making his name, but it’s far from incongruous on a record like this because producer Roy Rogers uses it to capture the essence of Hooker. He isn’t overselling them, but sings the way he feels the songs as an, uh, slightly mature artist, coming over good and natural as a result. Hooker unleashes cracking interpretations of tried and tested tunes, joined by new compositions that are their equal. Boom Boom has a BPM/tempo of 161 beats per minute, is in the key of A Maj and has a duration of 2 minutes, 32. But if Boom Boom was an album by one of those hitherto unrecorded bluesmen who are unearthed from time to time, discovered playing while manning the bilge pump on a whelk boat or still fighting them Vietcong in the jungle some 40 years too late, the world would be knocked out by it. It is track number 1 in the album Burnin. Boom Boom Lyrics Verse 1 Boom, boom, boom, boom I'm gonna shoot you right down Right off your feet Take you home with me Put you in my house Boom, boom, boom, boom Mmmm hmmm Mm hm hm hm. Intro A C 5fr 5 5fr E Verse 9 Boom Boom Boom Boom A 13 Right off your feet B 17 Put you in my house 1. His best known songs include 'Boogie Chillen' (1948) and 'Boom Boom' (1962). Comparisons are made with the way things used to be, and it takes a while for new versions of old gems to show their merits. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie piano style and a driving rhythm into his masterful and idiosyncratic blues guitar and singing. The trouble with presenting your original way of working to a new generation is that the listenership will not be restricted to your intended demographic. All are class acts and show it, putting their shoulders to a collective wheel rather than seeking the spotlight. As with many of Hooker’s later albums, there are big-name guests on Boom Boom, but they’re here to deliver the blues rather than a touch of tinsel: Albert Collins, Robert Cray, a wailing Charlie Musselwhite on “gob iron”, two generations of John Hammonds, and the underrated Jimmy Vaughan playing guitar on the title cut.
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