Hooker, John Lee | Graveyard Blues | CD

John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Tutwiler, Mississippi, in 1912 and died in Los Altos, California, in 2001. His best known songs include “Boogie Chillen’” (1948), “Crawling King Snake” (1949), “Dimples” (1956), “Boom Boom” (1962) and “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” (1966). He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.

Graveyard Blues is a single disc CD compilation of John Lee Hooker recordings, released by Specialty in the US in 1992. The recordings were originally made in Detroit for Sensation Records between November 1948 and April 1950. Billy Vera produced the compilation, and Bernard Besman is credited as producer of the original sessions. Eddie Burns is credited on harmonica.

Track List

1. War Is Over (Goodbye California)
2. Henry's Swing Club
3. Alberta
4. Hastings Street Boogie
5. Build Myself A Cave
6. Momma Poppa Boogie
7. Graveyard Blues
8. Burnin' Hell
9. Sailing Blues
10. Black Cat Blues
11. Miss Sadie Mae
12. Canal Street Blues
13. Huckle Up Baby
14. Goin' Down Highway 51
15. Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
16. Alberta (Part 2)
17. My Baby's Got Something
18. Boogie Chillen #2
19. 21 Boogie
20. Rollin' Blues