The Blues Biography

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

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Trouble Blues
2:59
2Everybody's Rockin'
2:39
3Crawlin' Black Spider
2:44
4Mama, You've Got a Daughter
3:30
5I'm Mad Again
2:37
6I Wanna Walk
2:13
7Boom Boom
producer:
Calvin Carter
bass:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1961)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
piano:
Joe Hunter (of the Motown "Funk Brothers" studio ensemble)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Crosby
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Universal Recording Corporation, Studio B in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-10-26)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 218) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 463)
recording of:
Boom Boom (on 1961-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
3.252:30
8Maudie
2:16
9Dimples
2:12
10I'm So Excited
2:47
11Onions
2:10
12Drug Store Women
2:44
13War Is Over (Goodbye California)
guitar and lead vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
recording of:
War Is Over (Goodbye California) (in 1948-11)
writer:
Bernard Besman (producer, label owner and songwriter) and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:44
14House Rent Boogie
2:43
15Hastings Street Boogie
2:19
16Canal Street Boogie
2:45
17Alberta (Part 2)
guitar and lead vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
recording of:
Alberta - Part 2 (on 1950-02-27)
writer:
Bernard Besman (producer, label owner and songwriter) and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:44
18Goin' Down Highway 51
2:29
19Crawling King Snake
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1959-01-22)
recording of:
Crawling King Snake (on 1959-01-22)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Doors Music Company and Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc.
12:39

Credits

Release

part of:The Blues Biography (United Audio Entertainment) (order: 1)
ASIN:UK: B000E1NWM8 [info]