Nine songs recorded double-quick in one session, with
Lowell Fulson on lead guitar on most of it. The rare embellishment on a
Hooker release makes for unusually complex and rewarding listening, instrumentally speaking, beneath
Hooker's ominous vocals. The textures here are very crisp and vivid, with a crunchiness that should make this an LP of choice for
Hooker's rock fans, much more so than, say, the
Canned Heat collaborations --
Hooker and
Fulson make a mean team on "Dazie Mae." Among the other highlights is
Hooker's own take on the blues standard "Rollin' and Tumblin'," done here as "Roll and Tumble." The uncredited band that shows up on some of these cuts (which, in some instances, may have originated in Paris) is loose enough to follow
Hooker, and he and
Fulson play like one person. ~ Bruce Eder