Goin' mad blues

Alternate title
Mad boogie

Master
D 1104 

Location/Date
609 Lafayette Street
Detroit, MI, December 1948

Original release
Regent 1001

Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr

Produced by
Elmer Barbee

78 rpm
Regent 1001

LP
Red Lightnin' RL 003

CD
Body & Soul 3057012Charly CD DIG 5Charly CDGR 176Craft Recordings CR00015Indigo IGOCD 2029JSP Records JSPCD7703Metro Doubles METRDCD532Proper Records PROPERBOX 111Red Lightnin' RLCD 0093Savoy-Atlantic CD 92910-2Union Square Music INTROTCD01Union Square Music SIMPTNCD026

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.


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