Black man blues
Master
K 5592
Location/Date
609 Lafayette Street
Detroit, MI, December 1948
King 4283
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Elmer Barbee
King 4283
LP
Polydor 2310256, Red Lightnin' RL 003
CD
Body & Soul 3057012, Charly 245, Collectables COL CD 2877, Craft Recordings CR00015, Indigo IGOCD 2028, JSP Records JSPCD7703, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111, Red Lightnin' RLCD 0093, Shout! Factory 8 26663 10198, SPV Recordings SPVCD 95940, Union Square Music SIMPTNCD026, Varèse Vintage 302 066 597 2
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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