John Lee Hooker - Burning Hell

When Riverside Records recorded this John Lee Hooker session in 1959, producer Bill Grauer asked the Mississippi moaner to play acoustic guitar, much in the manner he had years earlier, before coming North, plugging in, and creating "boogie lightnin'." The result, on which Hooker put his distinct stamp on tunes associated with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins and Big Bill Broonzy, as well as a number of his own highly personal compositions, is a country blues classic.

Track Listings

1. Burnin' Hell
2. Graveyard Blues
3. Baby, Please Don't Go
4. Jackson, Tennessee
5. You Live Your Life And I'll Live Mine
6. Smokestack Lightnin'
7. I Don't Want No Woman If Her Hair Ain't No Longer Than Mine (Short-Haired Woman)
8. I Rolled And Turned And Cried The Whole Night Long
9. Blues For My Baby
10. Key To The Highway
11. Natchez Fire (Burnin')