The Blues Biography

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

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#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
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.
3.42:30
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)
recording of:
War Is Over (Goodbye California)
lyricist and composer:
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)
cover recording of:
Alberta #2
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Big Sky Music (publisher for Bob Dylan)
version of:
Alberta, Let Your Hair Hang Low
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. and Doors Music Company
2:39

Credits

Release

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