Sweet Black Angel (Earl Hooker album)

Sweet Black Angel is an album by blues musician Earl Hooker released on the Blue Thumb label in 1969.[1][2] The album was co-produced by musician Ike Turner and Blue Thumb founder Bob Krasnow.[3]

Sweet Black Angel
Studio album by Earl Hooker
Released	1969
Recorded	May, 1969
Studio	Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Blues
Length	28:09
Label	Blue Thumb BTS 12
Producer	Bob Krasnow, Ike Turner
Earl Hooker chronology
2 Bugs and a Roach (1969) Sweet Black Angel (1969) Don't Have to Worry (1969)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

The AllMusic review stated: "It's a wide-ranging collection, as its oddly generic song titles ("Country and Western," "Shuffle," "Funky Blues") would eloquently indicate."[3]

Track listing

1. "I Feel Good" (James Brown) – 2:02
2. "Drivin' Wheel" (Roosevelt Sykes) – 3:19
3. "Shuffle" (Bob Krasnow, Earl Hooker, Ike Turner) – 2:49
4. "Country and Western" (Hooker) – 3:05
5. "Sweet Home Chicago" (Robert Johnson, Adapted by Earl Hooker) – 2:52
6. "Sweet Black Angel" (Robert Nighthawk) – 2:31
7. "Boogie, Don't Blot!" (Krasnow, Turner) – 2:26
8. "Cross Cut Saw" (R. G. Ford) – 2:24
9. "Catfish Blues" (Krasnow, Hooker, Turner) – 2:36
10. "The Mood" (Hooker, Turner) – 1:38
11. "Funky Blues" (Turner) – 2:27

Personnel

[4]

• Earl Hooker – guitar, vocals
• Mack Simmons – speech, harmonica
• Ike Turner – piano, guitar ("The Mood")
• Soko Richardson – drums
• Possibly Jesse Knight Jr – bass

References

1. Both Sides Now: Blue Thumb/Banana Album Discography accessed August 30, 2019
2. American Music: Earl Hooker discography accessed August 30, 2019
3. Dahl, Bill. Earl Hooker: Sweet Black Angel – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
4. Danchin, Sebastian. (2001). Earl Hooker, blues master. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781621032823. OCLC 301489355.