Travelin' (John Lee Hooker album) explained
| Travelin' |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | John Lee Hooker |
| Cover: | Travelin' (John Lee Hooker album).jpg |
| Recorded: | March 1, 1960 |
| Studio: | Chicago |
| Genre: | Blues |
| Length: | 30:58 |
| Label: | Vee-Jay |
Travelin' is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker, recorded in 1960, which Vee-Jay Records released in the same year.[1]
Reception
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote that "Travelin "was the first of Hooker's Vee-Jay albums to be recorded at a single session. Cut from the same cloth, the performances have little variety in texture and not much in tempo."[2]
Track listing
All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker
- "No Shoes" – 2:10
- "I Wanna Walk" – 2:15
- "Canal Street Blues" – 2:30
- "Run On" – 2:10
- "I'm a Stranger" – 2:35
- "Whiskey and Wimmen" – 2:10
- "Solid Sender" – 2:30
- "Sunny Land" – 2:15
- "Goin' to California" – 2:20
- "I Can't Believe" – 2:37
- "I'll Know Tonight" – 2:35
- "Dusty Road" – 2:09
Personnel
Notes and References
- Book: Murray
, Charles Shaar
. Charles Shaar Murray. Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century. New York City. Macmillan. 2002. 978-0-312-27006-3. 237.
- Book: Russell, Tony. Smith, Chris. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. 2006. Penguin. London. 978-0-140-51384-4. 270.
