Review: Released on Impulse! Records in 1966, this collection by John Lee Hooker offers a mix of both new compositions and reworkings of tunes that Hooker had previously recorded. Including a cover of Barrett Strong's 1959 Motown hit 'Money (That's What I Want)' - following in the musical footsteps of The Beatles, who recorded it three years earlier - this vindictively titled record is a fitting fusion of grievous Delta and raw blues; filled with schadenfreude and passion; transience and regret; vitality and poise; it's some of the best John Lee Hooker material you're likely to come across in this decade.
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