Goin' mad blues
Alternate title
Mad boogie
Master
D 1104
Location/Date
609 Lafayette Street
Detroit, MI, December 1948
Regent 1001
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Elmer Barbee
Regent 1001
LP
Advent LP 2804, Charly CR 30170, Red Lightnin' RL 003
CD
Body & Soul 3057012, Charly CD DIG 5, Charly CDGR 176, Craft Recordings CR00015, Documents 600258, Indigo IGOCD 2029, JSP Records JSPCD7703, Metro Doubles METRDCD532, Proper Records INTRO CD 2038, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111, Red Lightnin' RLCD 0093, Savoy Jazz SVY 17307, Savoy Jazz SVY 17356, Savoy‑Atlantic CD 92910‑2, Union Square Music INTROTCD01, 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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