Blues Is the Color

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

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Boom Boom
producer:
Calvin Carter
bass:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Benny Benjamin (US drummer) (in 1961)
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
piano:
Joe Hunter (of the Motown "Funk Brothers" studio ensemble)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Crosby
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Universal Recording Corporation, Studio B in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-10-26)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 218) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 463)
recording of:
Boom Boom (on 1961-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
3.32:31
2I Feel So Good
4:11
3Blues Before Sunrise
producer:
Calvin Carter
recorded at:
Universal Recording Corporation, Studio B in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-10-26)
cover recording of:
Blues Before Sunrise (on 1961-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
3:51
4She Shot Me Down
2:52
5Rock With Me
7:06
6Hard Times
7:54
7Crawlin’ King Snake
3:22
8Good Rockin’ Mama
2:28
9Want Ad Blues
recording of:
Want Ad Blues
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:21
10Turn Over a New Leaf
recording of:
Turn Over a New Leaf
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
3:08
11You Receive Me
3:13
12Gotta Boogie
2:24
13Half a Stranger
3:24
14Baby You Ain’t No Good
3:30
15Jump Me (One More Time)
2:30
16Too Much Boogie
3:00
17The Syndicator
drums (drum set):
Tom Whitehead
piano:
Bob Thurman
tenor saxophone:
Otis Finch (tenor saxophonist, active in Chicago in the 1940s-1950s)
recording of:
The Syndicator
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
3:00
18Taxi Driver
3:06
19I’m Ready
recording of:
I’m Ready
2:40
20Hug and Squeeze You
recording of:
Hug and Squeeze You
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:52