Leavin' Chicago
Alternate titles
Highway blues, War is over
Location/Date
609 Lafayette Street
Detroit, MI, August 1948
Krazy Kat KK 200
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Elmer Barbee
Krazy Kat KK 200
CD
Body & Soul 3057012, Krazy Kat CD 05, Union 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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