Landing blues
Master
D 1107
Location/Date
609 Lafayette Street
Detroit, MI, December 1948
Savoy 5558
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Elmer Barbee
Savoy 5558
LP
Red Lightnin' RL 003, Savoy LP 2255
CD
Body & Soul 3057012, JSP Records JSPCD7703, Metro Doubles METRDCD532, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111, Red Lightnin' RLCD 0093, Savoy-Atlantic CD 92910-2, Union Square Music INTROTCD01
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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