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| released = January 15, 1971
| released = January 15, 1971
| recorded = {{start date|1970|5}}<ref name=”Allmusic”>{{cite web| work=allmusic |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r88580|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic: Hooker ‘n Heat (Infinite Boogie) |accessdate=2008-06-03 }}</ref>
| recorded = {{start date|1970|5}}<ref name=”Allmusic”>{{cite web| =|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r88580|pure_url=yes}} |title=Hooker ‘n Heat (Infinite Boogie) |=2008-06-03 }}</ref>
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| studio = Liberty Records, Los Angeles, California
| studio = Liberty Records, Los Angeles, California
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name=”Penguin”>{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings]] |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=273}}</ref>
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name=”Penguin”>{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings]] |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=273}}</ref>
| rev3 = ”[[Record Collector]]”
| rev3 = ”[[Record Collector]]”
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>[https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/hookernheat Record Collector’s review]</ref>
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/hookernheat </ref>
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”Hooker ‘n Heat” was released on January 15, 1971,<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web |last=Chilton |first=Martin |date=January 15, 2025 |title=‘Hooker ’N Heat’: A Fiery Collaboration Between Two Blues Legends |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/canned-heat-john-lee-hooker-n-heat/ |website=uDiscoverMusic}}</ref><ref name=”:2″>{{Cite web |last=Giles |first=Jeff |date=January 15, 2016 |title=How Canned Heat Teamed With John Lee Hooker for ‘Hooker ‘n Heat’ |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/canned-heat-john-lee-hooker-hooker-n-heat/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref> and has received positive reviews from critics. ”[[The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings]]” describes the album as “one of the few occasions when younger musicians partnered [Hooker] to wholly beneficial effect.”<ref name=”Penguin” />
”Hooker ‘n Heat” was released on January 15, 1971,<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web |last=Chilton |first=Martin |date=January 15, 2025 |title=‘Hooker ’N Heat’: A Fiery Collaboration Between Two Blues Legends |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/canned-heat-john-lee-hooker-n-heat/ |website=uDiscoverMusic}}</ref><ref name=”:2″>{{Cite web |last=Giles |first=Jeff |date=January 15, 2016 |title=How Canned Heat Teamed With John Lee Hooker for ‘Hooker ‘n Heat’ |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/canned-heat-john-lee-hooker-hooker-n-heat/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref> and has received positive reviews from critics. ”[[The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings]]” describes the album as “one of the few occasions when younger musicians partnered [Hooker] to wholly beneficial effect.”<ref name=”Penguin” />
==Album cover art==
==Album cover art==
This was the last studio album to feature [[harmonica]] player, guitarist and songwriter [[Alan Wilson (musician)|Alan Wilson]], who died in {{start date|1970|9}} from a drug overdose.<ref name=”:2″ /> The photo on the album cover was taken after Wilson’s death, but his picture can be seen in a frame on the wall behind John Lee Hooker. Guitarist [[Henry Vestine]] was also missing from the photo session. The person standing in front of the window, filling in for Henry, is the band’s manager, Skip Taylor.<ref name=”The Noise Network Pty Ltd”>{{cite web |last1=Cashmere |first1=Paul |title=Canned Heat founder Fito de la Parra solves the mystery of the Hooker ‘N Heat cover |url=http://www.noise11.com/news/canned-heat-founder-fito-de-la-parra-solves-the-mystery-of-the-hooker-n-heat-cover-20190418 |website=Noise11.com |date=18 April 2019 |publisher=The Noise Network Pty Ltd |accessdate=18 April 2019}}</ref> Careful examination of the photo reveals that Henry’s face was later added by the art department.<ref name=”The Noise Network Pty Ltd”/> Although featured on the cover, vocalist [[Bob Hite]] does not sing on the album.
This was the last studio album to feature [[harmonica]] player, guitarist and songwriter [[Alan Wilson (musician)|Alan Wilson]], who died in {{start date|1970|9}} from a drug overdose.<ref name=”:2″ /> The photo on the album cover was taken after Wilson’s death, but his picture can be seen in a frame on the wall behind John Lee Hooker. Guitarist [[Henry Vestine]] was also missing from the photo session. The person standing in front of the window, filling in for Henry, is the band’s manager, Skip Taylor.<ref name=”The Noise Network Pty Ltd”>{{cite web |last1=Cashmere |first1=Paul |title=Canned Heat founder Fito de la Parra solves the mystery of the Hooker ‘N Heat cover |url=http://www.noise11.com/news/canned-heat-founder-fito-de-la-parra-solves-the-mystery-of-the-hooker-n-heat-cover-20190418 |website=Noise11.com |date=18 April 2019 |=18 April 2019}}</ref> Careful examination of the photo reveals that Henry’s face was later added by the art department.<ref name=”The Noise Network Pty Ltd”/> Although featured on the cover, vocalist [[Bob Hite]] does not sing on the album.
==Track listing==
==Track listing==
1971 studio album by John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat
Hooker ‘n Heat is a double album released by blues musician John Lee Hooker and the band Canned Heat in early 1971.
It was the first of Hooker’s albums to chart, reaching number 73 on the Billboard 200 chart.[2] Hooker plays unaccompanied on side one and “Alimonia Blues”; on the remainder of side two and “The World Today” and “I Got My Eyes on You” Hooker is accompanied by Alan Wilson on various instruments. The full band plays with Hooker on the rest of side three and all of side four.[3]
The song “Whiskey and Wimmen” was released as a single.[4]
Release and reception
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Hooker ‘n Heat was released on January 15, 1971,[3][7] and has received positive reviews from critics. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings describes the album as “one of the few occasions when younger musicians partnered [Hooker] to wholly beneficial effect.”[5]
This was the last studio album to feature harmonica player, guitarist and songwriter Alan Wilson, who died in September 1970 from a drug overdose.[7] The photo on the album cover was taken after Wilson’s death, but his picture can be seen in a frame on the wall behind John Lee Hooker. Guitarist Henry Vestine was also missing from the photo session. The person standing in front of the window, filling in for Henry, is the band’s manager, Skip Taylor.[8] Careful examination of the photo reveals that Henry’s face was later added by the art department.[8] Although featured on the cover, vocalist Bob Hite does not sing on the album.
All songs written by John Lee Hooker except as noted.
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Messin’ with the Hook” | 3:23 |
| 2. | “The Feelin’ Is Gone” | 4:32 |
| 3. | “Send Me Your Pillow” | 4:48 |
| 4. | “Sittin’ Here Thinkin‘“ | 4:07 |
| 5. | “Meet Me in the Bottom“ | 3:34 |
| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “The World Today” | 7:47 |
| 2. | “I Got My Eyes on You” | 4:26 |
| 3. | “Whiskey and Wimmen” | 4:37 |
| 4. | “Just You and Me” | 7:42 |
| Title | Writer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Let’s Make It” | 4:06 | |
| 2. | “Peavine” | 5:07 | |
| 3. | “Boogie Chillen’ No. 2“ | John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman | 11:33 |
- Canned Heat
- ^ a b “Hooker ‘n Heat (Infinite Boogie)”. AllMusic. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- ^ a b “Billboard 200 – Week of April 3, 1971”. Billboard. April 3, 1971.
- ^ a b Chilton, Martin (January 15, 2025). “‘Hooker ‘N Heat’: A Fiery Collaboration Between Two Blues Legends”. uDiscoverMusic.
- ^ “Special Merit Spotlight” (PDF). Billboard. May 15, 1971. p. 46 – via World Radio History.
- ^ a b Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- ^ “Hooker’n’Heat”. Recordcollectormag.com. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
- ^ a b Giles, Jeff (January 15, 2016). “How Canned Heat Teamed With John Lee Hooker for ‘Hooker ‘n Heat’“. Ultimate Classic Rock.
- ^ a b Cashmere, Paul (April 18, 2019). “Canned Heat founder Fito de la Parra solves the mystery of the Hooker ‘N Heat cover”. Noise11.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 141. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
