Boogie rambler
Master
50-48
Location/Date
3530 Hastings Street
Detroit, MI, Early 1953
JVB 30
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr; Jimmy Miller, tp; Johnny Hooks, ts; Joe Woods, pno; Tom Whitehead, dms
Produced by
Joe Von Battle
JVB 30
45 rpm
JVB 30
LP
Krazy Kat KK 200, WaxTime 771919
CD
Body & Soul BS2500, Charly CD DIG 5, Krazy Kat CD 05, Saga 532 122-3, Soul Jam Records 600804
Many of the early Joe Von Battle productions in Detroit were done in Battle’s Record Shop at 3530 Hastings Street. Battle was responsible for re-selling several of the very first Elmer Barbee pseudonym recordings to different record companies. Barbee had quit as Hooker’s manager by 1951. Battle, though, was some kind of ”agent” for Hooker up until the 1960s.
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