I Got My Eyes On You - Music

I Got My Eyes On You by John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat

John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat

Artist Biography For John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat

Hooker 'n Heat Is A Double Album Released By Blues Legend John Lee Hooker And Blues-Rock Band Canned Heat In Early 1971. It Was The Last Studio Album To Feature Harmonica Player Guitarist And Songwriter Alan Wilson Who Died In September 1970 From A Drug Overdose. 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. Careful Examination Of The Photo Reveals That Henry's Face Was Later Added By The Art Department. It Was The First Of Hooker's Albums To Chart Reaching Number 78 In The Billboard Charts. Wikipedia Hooker'n Heat When This Two-LP Set Was Initially Released In January 1971 Canned Heat Was Back To Its R&B Roots Sporting Slightly Revised Personnel. In The Spring Of The Previous Year Larry "The Mole" Taylor Bass And Harvey Mandel Guitar Simultaneously Accepted Invitations To Join John Mayall's Concurrent Incarnation Of The Bluesbreakers. This Marked The Return Of Henry "Sunflower" Vestine Guitar And The Incorporation Of Antonio "Tony" De La Barreda Bass A Highly Skilled Constituent Of Aldolfo De La Parra Drums . Sadly It Would Also Be The Final Effort To Include Co-Founder Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson Who Passed Away In September 1970. Hooker 'n Heat 1971 Is A Low-Key Affair Split Between Unaccompanied Solo John Lee Hooker Guitar/vocals Tunes Collaborations Between Hooker And Wilson Piano/guitar/harmonica As Well As Five Full-Blown Confabs Between Hooker And Heat. The First Platter Focuses On Hooker's Looser Entries That Vacillate From The Relatively Uninspired Ramblings Of "Send Me Your Pillow" And "Drifter" To The Essential And Guttural "Feelin' Is Gone" Or Spirited "Bottle Up And Go." The Latter Being Among Those With Wilson On Piano. Perhaps The Best Of The Batch Is The Lengthy Seven-Minute-Plus "World Today " Which Is Languid And Poignant Talking Blues With Hooker Lamenting The Concurrent State Of Affairs Around The Globe. "I Got My Eyes On You" Is An Unabashed Derivative Of Hooker's Classic "Dimples " With The Title Changed For What Were Most Likely Legal Rather Than Artistic Concerns. That Said The Readings Of The Seminal "Burning Hell" And "Bottle Up And Go" Kept Their Familiar Monikers Intact. The Full-Fledged Collaborations Shine As Both Parties Unleash Some Of Their Finest Respective Work. While Canned Heat Get Top Bill -- Probably As It Was The Group's Record Company That Sprung For Hooker 'n Heat -- Make No Mistake As Hooker Steers The Combo With The Same Gritty And Percussive Guitar Leads That Have Become His Trademark. The Epic "Boogie Chillen No. 2" Stretches Over 11 And A Half Minutes And Is Full Of The Same Swagger As The Original With The Support Of Canned Heat Igniting The Verses And Simmering On The Subsequent Instrumental Breaks With All Killer And No Filler. The 2002 Two-CD Pressing By The French Magic Records Label Is Augmented With "It's All Right " With A Single Edit Of "Whiskey And Wimmen." Allmusic Hooker'n Heat Infinite Boogie Review By Lindsay Planer