Decoration day blues
Alternate title
Lord taketh my baby away
Master
B 8036
Location/Date
United Sound Systems
Detroit, MI, April 28 1950
Sensation 33
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Bernard "Bernie" Besman
Sensation 33
LP
Red Lightnin' RL 003, United Artists LP 5512
CD
BeatGoesOn BGOCD 363, Body & Soul 3067872, Capitol 8 33912 2, JSP Records JSPCD7703, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111, Red Lightnin' RLCD 0093, Southern Routes SR-2505
Bernard ”Bernie” Besman was the producer of Hooker’s singles for Modern and Sensation from 1948-1952 at United Sound Systems Studios on 5840 2nd Boulevard in Detroit, with studio owner James Siracuse’s son Joe Siracuse as engineer. From late 1952 (when Besman moved to California) Joe Bihari from Modern and Joe Siracuse took care of the productions.
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