Catfish
Master
BL 7 Take 1
Location/Date
3530 Hastings Street
Detroit, MI, 1951
Gotham 515
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Joe Von Battle
Gotham 515
LP
Advent LP 2801, Collectables COL 5151, Krazy Kat KK 816
CD
Body & Soul 3074242, Collectables COL 0108, Collectables COLCD 5151, Flyright FLY CD 23, JSP Records JSPCD7703, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111
Many of the early Joe Von Battle productions in Detroit were done in Battle’s Record Shop at 3530 Hastings Street. Battle was responsible for re-selling several of the very first Elmer Barbee pseudonym recordings to different record companies. Barbee had quit as Hooker’s manager by 1951. Battle, though, was some kind of ”agent” for Hooker up until the 1960s.
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