Essential Works, The Vee-Jays Years, 1956 - 1962

by John Lee Hooker

Release Details

Year: 2022
Format: Vinyl — LP, Compilation
Label: Diggers Factory
Catalog #: 3760300319963
Tracks: 27

Genres

Blues

Styles

Delta Blues

Tracklist

A1Dimples
02:13
A2Baby Lee
03:00
A3I love You Honey
02:36
A4Mama, You Got a Daughter
03:43
A5House Rent Boogie
04:05
A6Love Me All The Time
03:14
B1Boogie Chillun
02:38
B2Hobo Blues
02:50
B3Crawlin' Kingsnake
02:47
B4Maudie
02:26
B5I'm In The Mood02:28
02:45
B6I Wanna Walk
02:16
B7I'll Know Tonight
02:42
C1Run On
02:13
C2Whiskey And Wimmen
02:59
C3Dusty Road
02:21
C4I'm A Stranger
02:42
C5No Shoes
02:27
C6Want Ad Blues
02:17
C7Hard Headed Woman
02:32
D1Boom Boom
02:32
D2What Do You Say
02:32
D3Let's Make It
02:25
D4I'm Mad Again
02:42
D5Onions
02:12
D6She Shot Me Down
02:52
D7Good Rocking Mama
02:28

Notes

Double LP John Lee Hooker is still probably the most striking blues figure of the 20th century. The power and originality in the voice of John Lee Hooker, combined with his distinctive guitar, earned him a huge reputation in the Forties and Fifties. Beginning in Detroit, he conquered the audience the first time he walked on stage with just a guitar, before he moved on to every stage beyond his native Michigan. Between 1948 and 1954 he would record Sally Mae, Boogie Chillun, Hobo Blues, Crawling