Hooker

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

Annotation

Interestingly the CD cover shows 17 tracks for this disc. However it is a mistake where the cover is missing the number 11. Therefore the cover will show track 11 as 12 etc until the end of the CD.

Tracklist

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1Dimples
2:11
2Every Night
recording of:
Every Night
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker
2:58
3I’m So Excited
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-03-01)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker
recording of:
I’m So Excited (on 1957-03-01)
writer:
James Bracken and John Lee Hooker
2:53
4I Love You Honey
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1958-06-10)
bass guitar [bass]:
Everett McCrary (on 1958-06-10)
drums (drum set):
Richard Johnson (on 1958-06-10)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (on 1958-06-10) and Eddie Taylor (on 1958-06-10)
piano:
Joe Hunter (on 1958-06-10)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (on 1958-06-10)
recording of:
I Love You Honey (on 1958-06-10)
writer:
John Lee Hooker
2:34
5Tupelo Blues
3:24
6I Need Some Money
recording of:
I Need Some Money
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker
2:27
7Democrat Man
3:29
8No More Doggin’
2:47
9Gonna Use My Rod
4:22
10Whiskey and Wimmen
2:57
11No Shoes
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1960-03-01)
bass:
Sylvester Hickman (on 1960-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Turner (on 1960-03-01)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker and William "Lefty" Bates (on 1960-03-01)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (on 1960-03-01)
recording of:
No Shoes (on 1960-03-01)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
2:26
12We’re All God’s Chillun
3:08
13I’m Goin’ Upstairs
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-01-04)
bass guitar [bass]:
Quinn Wilson (on 1961-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (on 1961-01-04)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (on 1961-01-04) and Pops Staples (unconfirmed) (on 1961-01-04)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (on 1961-01-04)
recording of:
I’m Going Upstairs (on 1961-01-04)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker
2:55
14Teachin’ the Blues
3:28
15You Lost a Good Man
recorded in:
Miami, Florida, United States (on 1961-07-07)
producer:
Henry Stone
guitar:
John Lee Hooker
vocals:
John Lee Hooker
recording of:
You Lost a Good Man
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker
2:51
16Don’t Turn Me From Your Door
recorded in:
Miami, Florida, United States (on 1961-07-07)
producer:
Henry Stone
guitar:
John Lee Hooker
vocals:
John Lee Hooker
recording of:
Don’t Turn Me From Your Door
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker
2:44
17When My First Wife Quit Me
recording of:
When My First Wife Left Me
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker
3:39
18Boom Boom
producer:
Calvin Carter
bass:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (in 1961)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker
piano:
Joe Hunter
tenor saxophone:
Hank Crosby
vocals:
John Lee Hooker
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, 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 (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
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
2:32
19She’s Mine
2:23
20Frisco Blues
2:47
21Birmingham Blues
2:54
22Big Legs Tight Skirt
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1964)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (in 1964)
instruments:
[unknown] (in 1964)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (in 1964)
recording of:
Big Legs, Tight Skirt (in 1964)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker
2:16
23It Serves Me Right to Suffer
recording of:
It Serves Me Right to Suffer
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker
publisher:
Conrad Music
3:36
24I’m Losin’ You
3:53
25I Cover the Waterfront
4:02
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