Jane Lee Hooker – No B! (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Jane Lee Hooker – No B! (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:52 minutes | 597 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Ruf Records GmbH

New York-based quintet Jane Lee Hooker named themselves after one of the 20th century’s titans but their 2016 debut, No B!, doesn’t much trade in his patented down-home boogie. It’s big, blowsy blooze, the kind learned second-hand through barrooms and covers records. Song doesn’t matter much: whether it’s a cover or an original, it’s used as a platform for chops, something that each member undoubtedly has. The problem is, every member of Jane Lee Hooker plays with the dials crank to 11. Maybe Dana “Danger” Athens pushes her vocals that hard so she can be heard through the twin-engine roar of guitarists Tracy Hightop and Tina “T-Bone” Gorin, but the end effect winds up feeling a bit like GNR covering Honkin’ on Bobo: over-amplified riffs we know too well. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracklist:

01. Jane Lee Hooker – Wade In The Water (04:31)
02. Jane Lee Hooker – Mean Town Blues (05:08)
03. Jane Lee Hooker – I Believe To My Soul (05:20)
04. Jane Lee Hooker – Bumble Bee (04:57)
05. Jane Lee Hooker – In The Valley (03:28)
06. Jane Lee Hooker – Free Me (03:42)
07. Jane Lee Hooker – The Hunter (03:36)
08. Jane Lee Hooker – Champagne And Reefer (04:08)
09. Jane Lee Hooker – Didn’t It Rain (06:16)
10. Jane Lee Hooker – Mannish Boy (05:02)
11. Jane Lee Hooker – Shake For Me (05:40)

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