John Lee Hooker

Artist:  John Lee Hooker
Born:  August 22, 1912. Tutwiler, Tallahatchie Country, Mississippi, USA
Died:  June 21, 2001.  (Aged 89).  Los Altos, California
Genre:  Blues, Country Blues, Acoustic Blues, Electric Blues, Delta Blues, Folk Blues

Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals

John Lee Hooker was an American Blues Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter.  He performed an electric guitar-style of Delta Blues, including Talking Blues and developed his own driving-rhythm Boogie Woogie.  Some of his best known songs include "Boogie Chillen" (1948), "Crawling King Snake" (1949), "Dimples" (1956), "Boom Boom" (1962) and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, Oe Beer" (1966).

Title:   I'm John Lee Hooker  (2014)
Genre:  Blues, Country Blues, Acoustic Blues, Electric Blues, Delta Blues, Folk Blues
Label:  WaxTime Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP:

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Dimples
 2.  Hobo Blues
 3.  I'm So Excited
 4.  I Love You Honey
 5.  Boogie Chillen'
 6.  Little Wheel
 7.  Mambo Chillen*
 8.  Baby, Please Don't Go*

Side Two:

 1.  I'm In the Mood
 2.  Maudie
 3.  Crawlin' King Snake
 4.  Every Night
 5.  Time Is Marching
 6.  Baby Lee
 7.  Dusty Road*
 8.  Boogie Rambler*

*Bonus Tracks

Personnel:

John Lee Hooker:  Guitar, Vocals
Jimmy Reed:  Harmonica on Track 5 Side 2
Eddie Taylor:  Guitar on Tracks:  1, 3, 6 Side 1, on Tracks:  1, 2, 4-6 Side 2
Frankie Bradford:  Piano on Track 6 Side 1
Joe Hunter:  Piano on Track 4 Side 1
Everett McCrary:  Bass on Tracks:  4, 6 Side 1
George Washington:  Bass on Tracks  1, Side 1, on Tracks:  4-6 Side 1
Quinn Wilson:  Bass on Track 3 Side 1
Richard Johnson:  Drums on Tracks:  4, 6 Side 1
Earl Phillips:  Drums on Track 1 Side 2
Tom Whitehead:  Drums on Tracks:  1, 3, Side 1, on Tracks:  4-6 Side 2
Lefty Bates:  Guitar on Track 7 Side 2
Sylvester Hickman:  Bass on Track 7 Side 2
Jimmy Turner:  Drums on Track 7 Side 2
Jimmy Miller:  Trumpet on Track 8 Side 2
Johnny Hook:  Tenor Saxophone on Track 8 Side 2
Joe Woods:  Piano on Track 8 Side 2
Tom Whitehead:   Drums on Track 8 Side 2

I'm John Lee Hooker is an album by John Lee Hooker, originally released on August 1959 by Vee-Jay, remastered and reissued on April 22, 2014 by WaxTime Records.