After hours blues

Master
JB 1405 

Location/Date
609 Lafayette Street
Detroit, MI, January or February 1949

Original release
Unissued

Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr

Produced by
Elmer Barbee

Comments
Unissued speeded-up version of 609 Boogie

By 1948, Hooker came to the attention of Elmer Barbee, a local record shop owner. Barbee arranged to have several demos recorded. He or Hooker later presented the recordings to Bernard "Bernie" Besman, who ran the Detroit area's only professional record company.