Numbered, Limited Edition of 500 Copies on Clear Vinyl LP!
Reissue, originally released in 1959. Mississippi-born blues giant John Lee Hooker made his name with an unorthodox approach to electric guitar, developing his own variants of boogie-woogie, Delta blues, and country blues, his lyrics delivered in a rich baritone. Hooker's early work featured masterful electric licks, backed by a studio ensemble, but Riverside took a different approach for The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, recording our hero with just his voice and a solo acoustic, recounting tales of his itinerant youth with verve and gusto. Thoroughly appealing and of interest to all blues fans, the album foreshadows the better-known work for Chess that would follow. Clear vinyl.
Features
- Numbered, Limited Edition - 500 Copies
- Clear Vinyl
- Import
Selections
Side 1:
- Black Snake
- How Long Blues
- Wobblin' Baby
- She's Long, She's Tall, She Weeps Like a Willow Tree
- Pea Vine Special
- Tupelo Blues
- I'm Prison Bound
Side 2:
- I Rowed a Little Boat
- Water Boy
- Church Bell Tone
- Bundle Up and Go
- Good Mornin', Lil' School Girl
- Behind the Plow