John Lee Hooker - Blues From The Motor City (2004) [FLAC]

John Lee Hooker - Blues From The Motor City
Label: Saga - 982 077-3
Series: Sagablues – 08
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: France
Released: 2004
Genre: Blues


recorded in Detroit from 1948 to 1952


Tracklist:

Part 1: John Lee And His Guitar

1 Boogie Chillen' (1948) 3:08
2 Sally May (1948) 3:11
3 Shady Grove Blues (1948) 3:22
4 Momma Poppa Boogie (1949) 2:57
5 Hobo Blues (1949) 3:03
6 House Rent Boogie (1950) 2:44
7 Crawling King Snake (1949) 3:00
8 Ground Hog Blues (1951) 2:57
9 Leave My Wife Alone (1951) 2:47
10 Sugar Mama (1952) 3:14
11 Sugar Mama (1952) 2:41

Part 2: Detroit Combo Blues

12 I'm In The Mood (1951) 3:06
13 Burnin’ Hell (1949) 2:40
14 Black Cat Blues (1949) 3:01
15 Four Women In My Life (1951) 3:12
16 Bumble Bee Blues (1950) 2:50
17 Rock Me Mama (1952) 2:40
18 Cold Chills All Over Me (1952) 3:08
19 No More Doggin’ (1953) 2:38
20 It Hurts Me So (1952) 2:47
21 Love Money Can’t Buy (1953) 2:42
22 Ride ’Til I Die (1952) 3:03



Personnel:

John Lee Hooker - guitar, vocals, footstompin'
Eddie Kirkland, Andrew Dunham, John T. Smith - guitar
Eddie Burns - harmonica
Boogie Woogie Red, Joe Woods - piano
Bernie Besman - organ
Curtis Fuller, Tom Whitehead, Jimmy Turner - drums
unknown - xylophone
Jimmy Miller - trumpet
Johnny Hooks - tenor saxophone


Review by Steve Leggett, allmusic.com:

This collection centers on the prolific John Lee Hooker's recordings for Bernie Besman at United Sound Studios in Detroit between 1948 and 1952 (these were leased to Modern Records in Los Angeles, although Besman did release some of them on his own Sensation Records imprint). There are countless compilations of Hooker material on the market, issued by a variety of labels under assorted different titles, but you really can't go wrong with this guy -- he always delivered what he was supposed to deliver with no frills and no fuss.