Album artwork for The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker by John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker’s debut on Riverside Records, The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, is perhaps the truest to his Mississippi roots. Unaccompanied and playing acoustically instead of his usual amplified guitar, he turned in a wonderfully varied set of deep Delta blues, moans, boogies, one field holler, and even a bit of hokum. Some songs are autobiographical, others reworkings of blues standards–all stamped with the hauntingly personal Hooker touch. The audio for this 60th anniversary release is sourced from the original stereo tapes that were mastered on all analog by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. It’s pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Memphis Record Pressing.

John Lee Hooker

The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker

Craft Recordings
Album artwork for The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker by John Lee Hooker
LP

$25.99

180-gram vinyl.

Released 08/02/2019Catalog Number

CR00183

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John Lee Hooker

The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker

Craft Recordings
Album artwork for The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker by John Lee Hooker
LP

$25.99

180-gram vinyl.

Released 08/02/2019Catalog Number

CR00183

Learn more

John Lee Hooker’s debut on Riverside Records, The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, is perhaps the truest to his Mississippi roots. Unaccompanied and playing acoustically instead of his usual amplified guitar, he turned in a wonderfully varied set of deep Delta blues, moans, boogies, one field holler, and even a bit of hokum. Some songs are autobiographical, others reworkings of blues standards–all stamped with the hauntingly personal Hooker touch. The audio for this 60th anniversary release is sourced from the original stereo tapes that were mastered on all analog by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. It’s pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Memphis Record Pressing.