Goin' home blues

Alternate title
Goin' down slow

Master
D 1110 

Location/Date
609 Lafayette Street
Detroit, MI, December 1948

Original release
Savoy LP 2255

Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr

Produced by
Elmer Barbee

LP
Savoy LP 2255

CD
Body & Soul 3057012, Metro Doubles METRDCD532, Savoy‑Atlantic CD 92910‑2, Union Square Music SIMPTNCD026

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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