Cotton pickin' boogie
Alternate title
Cotton pickin' blues
Location/Date
609 Lafayette Street
Detroit, MI, Early 1949
Krazy Kat KK 200
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, gtr; James Watkins, pno
Produced by
Elmer Barbee
Krazy Kat KK 200
CD
Body & Soul 3063142, JSP Records JSPCD7703, Krazy Kat CD 05, Pointblank Classic 8 40116 2
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.
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