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1973 live album by John Lee Hooker

Kabuki Wuki

Live album by

John Lee Hooker

Released| 1973 (1973)
Recorded| August 14, 1971
Venue| Kabuki Theatre, San Francisco, California
Genre| Blues
Length| 40:35
Label| BluesWay
Producer| Ed Michel
John Lee Hooker chronology
| Live at Soledad Prison
(1972)  | Kabuki Wuki
(1973)  | Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee
(1973)

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Kabuki Wuki is a live album by blues musician John Lee Hooker recorded In California in 1971 and released by the BluesWay label in 1973.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

AllMusic reviewer Mark Allen stated: "This live set at the Kabuki Theater in San Francisco never catches fire. The great bluesman has his usual band, but he seems to be trying too hard to appeal to a young, mostly white audience that ends up too high in the mix".[1]

## Track listing

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All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker

1. "Your Love (Just a Little Bit)" – 5:30
2. "Hold It" – 0:46
3. "Look at the Rain" – 8:33
4. "My Best Friend" – 5:15
5. "Hit the Floor" – 5:48
6. "A Little Bit Higher" – 5:27
7. "I Wonder Why" – 4:50
8. "If You Got a Dollar" – 4:50

## Personnel

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* John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
* Robert Hooker – organ
* Benny Rowe, Luther Tucker, Paul Wood – guitar
* Gino Skaggs – bass
* Ken Swank – drums
* L. C. Robinson – guitar (track 1)

## References

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1. ^ a b Allen, Mark. John Lee Hooker: Kabuki Wuki – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

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John Lee Hooker

Studio albums|

* The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker (1959)
* Travelin' (1960)
* That's My Story (1960)
* The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker (1961)
* Burnin' (1962)
* The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker (1963)
* John Lee Hooker on Campus (1964)
* Burning Hell (1964)
* ...And Seven Nights (1965)
* It Serve You Right to Suffer (1966)
* The Real Folk Blues (1966)
* Urban Blues (1967)
* Simply the Truth (1969)
* If You Miss 'Im...I Got 'Im (1969)
* Get Back Home (1969)
* I Feel Good! (1971)
* Hooker 'n Heat (1971)
* Endless Boogie (1971)
* Never Get Out of These Blues Alive (1972)
* Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee (1973)
* Free Beer and Chicken (1974)
* Sittin' Here Thinkin' (1980)
* Jealous (1987)
* The Healer (1989)
* More Real Folk Blues: The Missing Album (1991)
* Mr. Lucky (1991)
* Chill Out (1995)
* Don't Look Back (1997)

Live albums|

* Concert at Newport (1963)
* Live at Sugar Hill (1963)
* Live at Cafe Au Go Go (1967)
* Live at Soledad Prison (1972)
* Kabuki Wuki (1973)
* The Cream (1978)

Compilations|

* House of the Blues (1959)
* I'm John Lee Hooker (1959)
* John Lee Hooker Plays & Sings the Blues (1961)
* Folk Blues (1962)
* Don't Turn Me from Your Door (1963)
* Original Folk Blues (1964)
* That's Where It's At! (1969)
* Goin' Down Highway 51 (1971)
* The Ultimate Collection (1991)

Soundtracks|

* The Hot Spot: Original Soundtrack (1990)

Films|

* Come See About Me (2004)

Singles|

* "Boogie Chillen'" (1948)
* "Crawling King Snake" (1948)
* "Jack o' Diamonds" (1949)
* "Trouble in Mind" (1949)
* "Catfish" (1951)
* "I'm in the Mood" (1951)
* "Sugar Mama" (1952)
* "Worried Life Blues" (1952)
* "Baby, Please Don't Go" (1952)
* "Key to the Highway" (1952)
* "I'm Ready" (1956)
* "Dimples" (1956)
* "I Need Some Money" (1960)
* "Boom Boom" (1961)
* "Drifting Blues" (1961)
* "Don't Look Back" (1961)

Songs|

* "How Long Blues" (1960)
* "Good Mornin', Lil' School Girl" (1960)
* "Smokestack Lightnin'" (1960)
* "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (1966)
* "Bottle Up & Go" (1966)
* "I Can't Quit You Baby" (1966)
* "Meet Me in the Bottom" (1971)
* "Roll and Tumble" (1971)
* "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" (1974)
* "Terraplane Blues" (1987)
* "I Cover the Waterfront" (1991)
* "The Healing Game" (1997)
* "Red House" (1997)

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* Discography
* Detroit blues
* Eddie Kirkland
* Eddie "Guitar" Burns
* Canned Heat
* The Blues Brothers
* The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend
* John Lee Hooker Jr.

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