After hours blues
Master
JB 1405
Location/Date
609 Lafayette Street
Detroit, MI, January or February 1949
Unissued
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Elmer Barbee
Comments
Unissued speeded-up version of 609 Boogie
By 1948, Hooker came to the attention of Elmer Barbee, a local record shop owner.Barbee arranged to have several demos recorded. He or Hooker later presented the recordings to Bernard "Bernie" Besman, who ran the Detroit area's only professional record company.