The Vee‐Jay Years

~ Release by John Lee Hooker (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Old Time Shimmy
recording of:
Old Time Shimmy
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:22
2Onions
2:11
3You Know I Love You
1:57
4Send Me Your Pillow
recording of:
Send Me Your Pillow
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:26
5Big Soul
2:10
6Frisco Blues
2:47
7She Shot Me Down
2:52
8Take a Look at Yourself
2:49
9Good Rocking Mama
recording of:
Good Rockin’ Mama
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:29
10I Love Her
2:15
11No One Told Me
2:12
12Don’t Look Back
2:41
13One Way Ticket
3:30
14Half a Stranger
cover recording of:
Half a Stranger
lyricist and composer:
Roosevelt Sykes
4:25
15Bottle Up and Go
recording of:
Bottle Up and Go
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:26
16My Grinding Mill
3:13
17I Want to Ramble
2:30
18Sadie Mae
2:55
19This Is Hip
recording of:
This Is Hip
lyricist, writer and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:31
20Poor Me
3:13
21I Want to Shout
2:26
22Love Is a Burning Thing
2:42
23I Want to Hug You
2:43
24I’m Leaving Baby
2:14
25Birmingham Blues
2:55
26Don’t Look Back
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1963)
baritone saxophone:
Andrew “Mike” Terry (60s US soul arranger/conductor) (in 1963)
bass guitar [bass]:
James Jamerson (in 1963)
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1963)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1963) and Larry Veeder (in 1963)
piano:
Memphis Slim (unconfirmed) (in 1963)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Cosby (in 1963)
background vocals:
Martha Reeves & the Vandellas (unconfirmed) (in 1963)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1963)
recording of:
Don’t Look Back (John Lee Hooker song) (in 1963)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:55
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