John Lee Hooker (album)

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1962 studio album by John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Studio album by

John Lee Hooker

Released| 1962 (1962)
Recorded| Culver City, California, March 9, 1961
Genre| Blues
Length| 34:26
Label| Galaxy
Producer| Bernard Besman
John Lee Hooker chronology
| Burnin'
(1962)  | John Lee Hooker
(1962)  | The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker
(1963)

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John Lee Hooker is an eponymous album by blues musician John Lee Hooker recorded in Culver City, California, in 1961 and released by the Galaxy label. It was later reissued in some territories as The King of Folk Blues.

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## Track listing[edit]

All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker and Bernard Besman

1. "Might as Well Say We're Through" – 2:45
2. "Risin Sun (Louisiana Voo-Doo)" – 2:54
3. "Lost My Job" – 3:01
4. "Left My Wife and My Baby" – 2:59
5. "Travelin' Day and Night" – 2:56
6. "Deep Down in My Heart" – 2:57
7. "Shake It Up and Go" – 2:31
8. "Fire at Natchez" – 3:08
9. "The Sweetest Girl I Know" – 2:59
10. "Mad With You Baby" – 2:58
11. "My Mother-in-Law Moved In" – 3:09
12. "Ballad to Abraham Lincoln" – 3:04

## Personnel[edit]

* John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals

## References[edit]

1. ^ John Lee Hooker: John Lee Hooker (Galaxy) – Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2019.

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