Taxi driver
Master
MM 2186
Location/Date
United Sound Systems
Detroit, MI, Late 1954
Modern 958
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Eddie Kirkland, gtr; Otis Finch, ts; Bob Thurman or John Griffiths, pno; Tom Whitehead, dms
Produced by
Joe Bihari & Joe Siracuse
Modern 958
45 rpm
Modern 958
CD
Ace CDCHD 799, Acrobat ACQCD 7103, Body & Soul BS2653, Official 86065, Saga 532 122-3, Soul Jam Records 600843
Bernard ”Bernie” Besman was the producer of Hooker’s singles for Modern and Sensation from 1948-1952 at United Sound Systems Stiudios 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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