The Blues...

~ Release by John Lee Hooker (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Boom Boom
bass:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1961)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
piano:
Joe Hunter
tenor saxophone:
Hank Crosby
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 218) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 463)
recording of:
Boom Boom (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
3.42:29
2What Do You Say
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1961)
recording of:
What Do You Say (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:28
3I'm Mad Again
recording of:
I’m Mad Again
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:38
4Want Ad Blues
recording of:
Want Ad Blues
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:16
5I'm So Excited
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-03-01)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
recording of:
I’m So Excited (on 1957-03-01)
writer:
James Bracken and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:53
6Trying to Find a Woman
3:37
7No Shoes
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1960)
bass:
Sylvester Hickman
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Turner (on 1960-03-01)
guitar:
Lefty Bates and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
recording of:
No Shoes (on 1960-03-01)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
recording of:
No Shoes (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
2:26
8I'm So Worried, Baby
2:56
9Howlin' Wolf
cover recording of:
Howlin’ Wolf Boogie
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
2:37
10War Is Over
2:47
11Drug Store Woman
recording of:
Drug Store Woman
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:43
12You Know I Love You
1:54
13One Way Ticket
3:26
14Half a Stranger
cover recording of:
Half a Stranger
lyricist and composer:
Roosevelt Sykes
4:23
15Maudie
3:30
16Tupelo
2:21
17One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
4:01
18The Boogie Man
9:02

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ASIN:FR: B00005Q4MR [info]