Description
DESCRIPTION
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 rich baritone. 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.
A1 Black Snake
A2 How Long Blues
A3 Wobblin' Baby
A4 She's Long, She's Tall, She Weeps Like A Willow Tree
A5 Pea Vine Special
A6 Tupelo Blues
A7 I'm Prison Bound
B1 I Rowed A Little Boat
B2 Water Boy
B3 Church Bell Tone
B4 Bundle Up And Go
B5 Good Mornin', Lil' School Girl
B6 Behind The Plow
