John Lee Hooker - Blues Is The Healer [10 CD, 2009 / FLAC]

 

Blues Is the Healer is a ten-CD box set of 149 songs from the early years of blues legend John Lee Hooker's repertory, released in 2005 by the German label Membran. According to one reviewer, "the first 8 discs are early solo Hooker with the occasional backing guitar or piano. Disc 9 sounds like Veejay recordings and the 10th is a live concert".






 


 


CD 1

1. Leavin' Chicago (3:53)
2. Wednesday Evening Blues (4:00)
3. My First Wife Left Me (3:36)
4. Sally Mae (3:14)
5. War Is Over (Goodbye California) (2:46)
6. She Was in Chicago (2:59)
7. Boogie Chillen (3:10)
8. Henry's Swing Club (3:12)
9. Stomp Boogie (3:10)
10. Who's Been Jiving You (3:11)
11. Black Man Blues (3:32)
12. Shake Your Boogie (3:03)
13. Poor Slim (3:28)
14. Mercy Blues (3:17)
15. Boogie Woogie (3:32)
16. Helpless Blues (3:37)

CD 2

1. Good Business (3:32)
2. Goin' Mad Blues (3:45)
3. Morning Blues (3:02)
4. Boogie Awhile (2:38)
5. Tuesday Evening Blues (3:03)
6. Weeping Willow Boogie (2:48)
7. Hobo Blues (3:01)
8. Miss Lorraine (3:01)
9. Do the Boogie (3:13)
10. Do the Boogie (Alt) (3:11)
11. 609 Boogie (3:15)
12. Road Trouble (3:09)
13. Christmas Time Blues (3:17)
14. Drifting From Door To Door (2:59)
15. Hobo Blues (3:01)
16. Howlin' Wolf (2:35)

CD 3

1. Crawling Kingsnake (3:00)
2. Alberta (3:05)
3. Wayne County Ramblin' Blues (3:10)
4. Talkin' Boogie (3:06)
5. I Love To Boogie (3:07)
6. Graveyard Blues (2:48)
7. Must I Wait Till Your Man Has Gone (3:04)
8. Cotton Pickin' Boogie (2:45)
9. Hoogie Boogie (2:55)
10. Huckle Up Baby (2:47)
11. Whistlin' And Moanin' Blues (3:09)
12. Momma Poppa Blues (2:56)
13. Burning Hell (2:42)
14. Sailing Blues (2:47)
15. Black Cat Blues (2:59)

CD 4

1. Miss Rosie Mae (3:00)
2. Highway Blues (3:05)
3. Don't Go Baby (3:12)
4. The Numbers (3:07)
5. Weeping Willow Blues (2:49)
6. Forgive Me (3:12)
7. Howlin' Wolf (2:37)
8. Playing the Races (3:15)
9. Wednesday Evening (2:57)
10. Let Your Daddy Ride (2:38)
11. Queen Bee (2:34)
12. I'm In The Mood (3:07)
13. Tease Me Baby (3:02)
14. Turn Over A New Leaf (3:07)
15. Women In My Life (3:10)

CD 5

1. House Rent Boogie (2:44)
2. Wandering Blues (3:00)
3. Questionnaire Blues (3:28)
4. Real Gone Gal (3:15)
5. Feed Her All Night (2:17)
6. My Daddy Was A Jockey (3:19)
7. Little Boy Blue (2:36)
8. How Long Must I Be Your Slave (3:13)
9. Ground Hog (2:40)
10. Mean Old Train (3:10)
11. Catfish (3:09)
12. Do My Baby Think Of Me (2:53)
13. Three Long Year's Ago (3:04)
14. Strike Blues (2:38)
15. Grinder Man (3:08)

CD 6

1. Walkin' This Highway (2:18)
2. Four Women In My Life (3:13)
3. I Need Lovin' (2:56)
4. Find Me A Woman (2:40)
5. Mad Man Blues (2:45)
6. Hey Boogie (2:15)
7. Louise (3:05)
8. High Priced Woman (2:44)
9. Union Station Blues (2:57)
10. Ground Hog Blues (2:58)
11. Leave My Wife Alone (2:48)
12. Ramblin' Иy Myself (3:20)
13. Dreamin' Blues (3:07)
14. Just Me And My Telephone (3:22)
15. Walkin' The Boogie (2:34)
16. Sugar Mama (3:11)

CD 7

1. Please Don't Go (2:30)
2. I Don't Want Your Money (3:04)
3. Hey Baby (3:29)
4. Bluebird (3:02)
5. Walkin' the Boogie (2:54)
6. Love Blues (3:00)
7. Lonely Boy Boogie (3:52)
8. Apologize (3:04)
9. The Journey (4:21)
10. Worried Life Blues (3:06)
11. Down at the Landing (2:55)
12. You Have Two Hearts (3:16)
13. Blues For Big Town (3:12)
14. Women and Money (2:57)
15. Rock House Boogie (2:50)

CD 8

1. Too Much Boogie (2:59)
2. Need Somebody (2:59)
3. Please Take Me Back (2:58)
4. Gotta Boogie (2:24)
5. Stuttering Blues (2:17)
6. Pouring Down Rain (2:35)
7. Love My Baby (2:37)
8. Misbelieving Baby (2:31)
9. Wobbling Baby (2:38)
10. Goin' South (3:09)
11. My Baby Don't Love Me (3:02)
12. I Ain't Got Nobody (2:29)
13. Real Real Gone (2:26)
14. Guitar Lovin' Man (2:40)
15. Blue Monday (2:31)
16. My Baby Put Me Down (2:34)

CD 9

1. Boom, Boom (2:29)
2. I Want To Hug You (2:54)
3. House Rent Boogie (4:00)
4. Want Ad Blues (2:20)
5. I'm So Excited (2:53)
6. Hard Headed Woman (2:29)
7. I Wanna Walk (2:13)
8. Onions (2:09)
9. What Do You Say (2:29)
10. Keep Your Hands To Yourself (2:19)
11. Send Me Your Pillow (2:24)
12. She Shot Me Down (2:50)
13. I Want To Shout (2:23)
14. I'm Leaving (Baby) (2:09)

CD 10

1. Baby Baby (4:29)
2. I Feel Good (4:10)
3. Going Home (3:07)
4. We Are Cooking (3:41)
5. Looking Back Over My Day (4:35)
6. Dazie Mae (4:27)
7. Stand Back (5:02)
8. Call It The Night (6:26)
9. Roll And Rumble (5:09)
10. Bottle Of Wine (3:57)
11. Baby Don't Do Me Wrong (5:02)