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| 1. Coming To Town - John Lee Hooker, Earl Palmer, Tim Drummond, Miles Davis, Roy Rogers |
| 2. Empty Bank - Taj Mahal, Miles Davis, Earl Palmer, Tim Drummond, Roy Rogers |
| 3. Harry's Philosophy - John Lee Hooker |
| 4. Dolly's Arrival - Earl Palmer, Tim Drummond, Roy Rogers, Taj Mahal |
| 5. Harry And Dolly - John Lee Hooker, Tim Drummond, Miles Davis, Roy Rogers, Taj Mahal |
| 6. Sawmill - John Lee Hooker, Tim Drummond, Miles Davis, Roy Rogers |
| 7. Bank Robbery - Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Earl Palmer, Tim Drummond, Roy Rogers, Taj Mahal |
| 8. Moanin' - John Lee Hooker |
| 9. Gloria's Story - Miles Davis, Bradford Ellis |
| 10. Harry Sets Up Sutton - John Lee Hooker, Tim Drummond, Miles Davis, Roy Rogers, Taj Mahal |
| 11. Murder - John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, Tim Drummond, Roy Rogers, Bradford Ellis |
| 12. Blackmail - Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Earl Palmer, Tim Drummond, Roy Rogers, Taj Mahal |
| 13. End Credits - John Lee Hooker, Earl Palmer, Tim Drummond, Miles Davis, Roy Rogers, Taj Mahal |
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On track after track John Lee Hooker puts in a tour-de-force of deep groaning that beats virtually any other bluesman out of sight, Miles Davis inserts trumpet stabs to die for and Taj Mahal (supported by Tim Drummond, Earl Palmer & Roy Rogers) provides superbly earthy blues backings. But… after 13 often quite similar, low-key offerings it gets (dare I say it) a bit boring. So, realistically, why buy it?
Well, it’s a one-off combination of superb musicians, it’s great background music – some of the best jazz-blues “lift-music” ever made – and, it contains three gems: “Gloria’s Story” (featuring some beautiful playing from Miles Davis) and the virtually identical “Bank Robbery” & “End Credits” where the group let rip with some burning jazz-blues to provide a superb insight into what treats could have been on offer if they’d made their own album rather than… a soundtrack. One of music’s great lost opportunities but worth the money all the same.
To me it is just mindblowing that more was not made of this quite historic collaboration between at the time I suppose the greatest jazz musician and the greatest bluesman alive on the planet.
I laughed with delight when I first heard it. They each do their very different things without much compromise - and it melds together and works really well.
John Lee grinds along on his guitar and sings Hmmm hmmmm, and Well Well. Miles tootles over the top reedily and is generally the epitome of cool.
The only downside is that this is a movie soundtrack. There are no proper numbers as such - just mood music for the film. A series of imrovisations often on single guitar riffs.
Imagine if they had collaborated on a proper album with fully realised tunes and songs. Well, we will never know because they are both gone now.
But if there is liftmusic in heaven - it will sound like this.
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