''Travelin is an album by blues musician
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often ...
, recorded in 1960, which
Vee-Jay Records
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 h ...
released in the same year.
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Reception
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The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
''The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings'' is an encyclopedia of blues music albums released on CD.
Content
The book was released on 31 October 2006 and was written by Tony Russell and Chris Smith with contributions by Neil Slaven, Ricky Russel ...
'' wrote that "''Travelin "was the first of Hooker's Vee-Jay albums to be recorded at a single session. Cut from the same cloth, the performances have little variety in texture and not much in tempo."
Track listing
All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker
# "No Shoes" – 2:10
# "I Wanna Walk" – 2:15
# "Canal Street Blues" – 2:30
# "Run On" – 2:10
# "I'm a Stranger" – 2:35
# "Whiskey and Wimmen" – 2:10
# "Solid Sender" – 2:30
# "Sunny Land" – 2:15
# "Goin' to California" – 2:20
# "I Can't Believe" – 2:37
# "I'll Know Tonight" – 2:35
# "Dusty Road" – 2:09
Personnel
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John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often ...
– guitar, vocals
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William "Lefty" Bates – guitar
*Sylvester Hickman – bass
*Jimmy Turner – drums
References
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John Lee Hooker albums
1960 albums
Vee-Jay Records albums