1974 John Lee Hooker – Free Beer and Chicken
Free Beer and Chicken is an album by John Lee Hooker, released in 1974.
John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early North Mississippi Hill country blues. He developed his own driving-rhythm boogie style, distinct from the 1930s–1940s piano-derived boogie-woogie.
Tracks
1 Make It Funky (John Lee Hooker) 3:23
2 Five Long Years (Traditional) 6:02
3 713 Blues (John Lee Hooker) 5:57
4 714 Blues (John Lee Hooker) 1:39
5 One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (John Lee Hooker) 3:33
6 Homework (John Lee Hooker) 4:27
7 Bluebird (John Lee Hooker) 5:25
8 Sitting on Top of the World (John Lee Hooker) 3:24
9 (You Never Amount to Anything If You Don’t Go To) Collage (A Fortuitous Concatenation Of Events) (John Lee Hooker) 5:56
9a I Know How To Rock (John Lee Hooker)
9b Nothin’ But The Best (John Lee Hooker)
9c The Scratch (Joe Cocker)
9d Sally Mae (John Lee Hooker)
Media
Musicians
1 Make It Funky
| Bass | Clifford Coulter |
| Drums | Ken Swank |
| Guitar | John Lee Hooker |
| Guitar | Wah Wah Watson |
| Guitar | Charles Grimes |
| Fender Rhodes | Robert Hooker |
| Sax | Stephen Kupka |
| Sax | Emilio Castillo |
| Sax | Lenny Pickett |
| Trombone | Mic Gillette |
| Trumpet | Greg Adams |
| Trumpet | Mic Gillette |
| Percussion | Kenneth Nash |
| Vocals | John Lee Hooker |
2 Five Long Years
| Bass | Clifford Coulter |
| Drums | Ron E Beck |
| Guitar | John Lee Hooker |
| Guitar | Wah Wah Watson |
| Guitar | Jim Kahr |
| Piano | Clifford Coulter |
| Flute | Sam Rivers |
| Vocals | John Lee Hooker |
| Vocals | Joe Cocker |
3 713 Blues
| Bass | Skip Olsen |
| Drums | Ken Swank |
| Drums | Ron E Beck |
| Guitar | John Lee Hooker |
| Guitar | Howard Roberts |
| Guitar | Hollywood Fats |
| Clavinet | Clifford Coulter |
| Violin | Don Harris |
| Vocals | John Lee Hooker |
4 714 Blues
| Bass | Skip Olsen |
| Drums | Ken Swank |
| Drums | Ron E Beck |
| Guitar | John Lee Hooker |
| Guitar | Hollywood Fats |
| Guitar | Howard Roberts |
| Clavinet | Clifford Coulter |
| Violin | Don Harris |
| Vocals | John Lee Hooker |
5 One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
| Bass | Clifford Coulter |
| Drums | Ron E Beck |
| Guitar | John Lee Hooker |
| Guitar | Wah Wah Watson |
| Guitar | Hollywood Fats |
| Clavinet | Clifford Coulter |
| Synthesizer | Clifford Coulter |
| Tambourine | Joe Cocker |
| Vocals | John Lee Hooker |
6 Homework
| Bass | Clifford Coulter |
| Drums | Ron E Beck |
| Guitar | John Lee Hooker |
| Guitar | Wah Wah Watson |
| Guitar | Howard Roberts |
| Synthesizer | Clifford Coulter |
| Vocals | John Lee Hooker |
7 Bluebird
| Bass | Clifford Coulter |
| Guitar | John Lee Hooker |
| Guitar | Hollywood Fats |
| Guitar | Jim Kahr |
| Clavinet | Clifford Coulter |
| Fender Rhodes | Clifford Coulter |
| Sax | Stephen Kupka |
| Sax | Emilio Castillo |
| Sax | Lenny Pickett |
| Trombone | Mic Gillette |
| Trumpet | Greg Adams |
| Trumpet | Mic Gillette |
| Vocals | John Lee Hooker |
8 Sitting on Top of the World
| Guitar | John Lee Hooker |
| Banjo | Peter Berg |
| Synthesizer | Fatz Wess |
| Violin | Michael White |
| Percussion | Kenneth Nash |
| Vocals | John Lee Hooker |
9 (You Never Amount to Anything If You Don’t Go To) Collage (A Fortuitous Concatenation Of Events)
9a I Know How To Rock
| Bass | Skip Olsen |
| Drums | Ken Swank |
| Guitar | John Lee Hooker |
| Guitar | Charles Grimes |
| Guitar | Jim Thorsen |
| Piano | Robert Hooker |
| Violin | Don Harris |
| Vocals | John Lee Hooker |
9b Nothin’ But The Best
| Bass | Skip Olsen |
| Drums | Ken Swank |
| Guitar | John Lee Hooker |
| Guitar | Charles Grimes |
| Guitar | Luther Tucker |
| Hammond Organ | Robert Hooker |
| Sax | Stephen Kupka |
| Sax | Emilio Castillo |
| Trumpet | Greg Adams |
| Trumpet | Mic Gillette |
| Vocals | John Lee Hooker |
9c The Scratch
| Bass | Skip Olsen |
| Drums | Ken Swank |
| Guitar | John Lee Hooker |
| Guitar | Wah Wah Watson |
| Guitar | Hollywood Fats |
| Clavinet | Clifford Coulter |
| Fender Rhodes | Clifford Coulter |
| Vocals | Joe Cocker |
9d Sally Mae
| Bass | Skip Olsen |
| Drums | Ken Swank |
| Guitar | John Lee Hooker |
| Guitar | Jim Caroompas |
| Slide Guitar | Boyd Albritton |
| Fender Rhodes | Robert Hooker |
| Sax | Stephen Kupka |
| Sax | Emilio Castillo |
| Trombone | Mic Gillette |
| Trumpet | Greg Adams |
| Trumpet | Mic Gillette |
| Vocals | John Lee Hooker |
Liner Notes
Producer – Ed Michel
Arranged By – John Lee Hooker (Track 2)
Arranged By – Wah Wah Watson (Track 6)
Engineer – Baker Bigsby, Dominic Lumetta, Gilmar Fortis, Tom Anderson
Illustration – Dave Sheridan
Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc.
Mastered At – Kendun Recorders
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Recorded At – Record Plant, Sausalito
Recorded At – The Village Recorder
Mixed At – Westlake Audio
Overdubbed At – Record Plant, Sausalito
Overdubbed At – Regal Hidley Hall