That's Where It's At!

John Lee Hooker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Stax
• ASIN: B000000ZHO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #353,154 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #95 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > Detroit Blues

Track Listings

1. Teachin' the Blues

2. Goin' to Louisianna

3. I Need You

4. My Love Comes Down for You

5. Baby Please Don't Go

6. I Just Don't Know

7. Slow and Easy

8. Two White Horses

9. Feel So Bad

10. Grinder Man

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NOW YOU'RE COOKING WITH GAS, November 30, 2000

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K. H. Orton (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: That's Where It's At! (Audio CD)

Among the plethora of recordings Hooker has laid down--- THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT!

If you're a fan of the more sparse, brooding, unaccompanied Hooker,this one's for you.

Like his double live album, ALONE, this disc is fraught with a menacing tension that leaves one breathless. Abetted only by a mysteriously unbilled bass, Hooker starts off with TEACHIN' THE BLUES, an informal lesson stressing the importance of beat over chord. Then on GOIN' TO LOUISIANA, he lives up to his own advice.

Covering the usual subjects of Death, Despair and Deprivation, Hooker manages to suffuse each song with a slow burning sense of vengence.

I JUST DON'T KNOW is a standout tune for me, perfectly capturing the humiliation one feels at the sight of seeing their woman stepping out with another man. In terms of mounting homicidal frustration, it's right up there with an earlier Hooker classic,I'M GONNA KILL THAT WOMAN. The seething anger of it builds and builds but never explodes into fury as one would expect. It just keeps on wringing it's hands, pacing the floor in agony and indecision.

Over all, this is a dark, sparse offering but not utterly devoid of humor. FEEL SO BAD takes the edge off with Hooker and unbilled friend swaping vocals on the subject of long, lost love. The whole thing goes on for nearly 8 minutes and I wouldn't be surprized to hear that Ol' Jim Beam had something to do with it. At song's end, you can hear Hooker mutter,"You got me so stoned, man!"

To sum up, this is gothic Hooker---sinister, sparse and sincere.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE most overlooked Blues LP ..., February 12, 2009

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Bud Tristano - See all my reviews

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This review is from: That's Where It's At! (Audio CD)

... from a Hendrix perspective. Anyone who was fascinated by the spookier Hendrix tunes like "Voodoo Chile", "Here My Train A Comin'", etc. has got to hear this. What you are hearing are the raw roots of Hendrix. Now look at the release date - 1969. (There were no recording dates on the vinyl LP.) So Johnny Lee could have already heard Jimi by this time ... John Lee Hooker influenced by Jimi Hendrix? (Influenced by Jimi's influences of himself and giving it back?) No matter - what could be better? This is raw primal blues with some oomf ... and it's the missing link. Nobody talks about this one.

5.0 out of 5 stars HOOKED ON HOOKER!!!!!, May 25, 2010

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Lonnie P. Fredette (PLATTSBURGH, NY, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: That's Where It's At! (Audio CD)

Well, first of all, I ordered my cd from uncle sammy and got exactly what I ordered!!! So, there must be some factory defects out there, BUT it would be hard to blame any seller for this, unless you were buying USED! This is another short cd at just over 40 minutes, HOWEVER it's not the length of the set that really matters: it's the quality! Unfortunately, we do not know, as one reviewer mentions, who this STEVE is who trades vocal with Hooker on FEEL SO BAD! Or, who is the bass player! You kinda get the idea they are one and the same guy, but that's, obviously, a guess! No info at all to work with and liner notes are no help at all. Well, all that said, this is a great listen! Classic Hooker at its best! Check this one out! 'Nuf said!