''John Lee Hooker on Campus'' is an album by blues musician
John Lee Hooker, released by the
Vee-Jay
Vee-Jay Records is an American record label founded in the 1950s, located in Chicago and specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll.
The label was founded in Gary, Indiana in 1953 by Vivian Carter and James C. Bracken, a ...
label in 1963.
Reception
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reviewer Al Campbell wrote: "''John Lee Hooker on Campus'' is titled to sound like a live recording but it isn't... these 12 tracks originally tried to capitalize on Hooker's emergence on the coffeehouse/college tours he was involved in at the time. This is an electric album that contains excellent material from Hooker, even though the occasional background singers get in the way, attempting to modernize his gritty blues with a smoother soul sound."
Track listing
Album details are taken from the original VeeJay album liner notes.
All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker; no other recording information is listed.
Side one
# "I'm Leaving" – 2:07
# "Love Is a Burning Thing" – 2:56
# "Birmingham Blues" – 2:50
# "I Want to Shout" – 2:28
# "
Don't Look Back" – 2:54
# "I Want to Hug You" – 2:17
Side two
# "Poor Me" – 3:21
# "I Want to Ramble" – 2:37
# "Half a Stranger" – 2:42
# "My Grinding Mill" – 2:22
# "
Bottle Up and Go
"Bottle Up and Go" or "Bottle It Up and Go" is a song that is a standard of the blues.
Based on earlier songs, Delta bluesman Tommy McClennan recorded "Bottle It Up and Go" in 1939. The song has been interpreted and recorded by numerous artists, ...
" – 2:10
# "One Way Ticket" – 2:39
References
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John Lee Hooker albums
1963 albums
Vee-Jay Records albums