Good business

Master
D 1103 

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

Original release
Krazy Kat KK 200

Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr

Produced by
Elmer Barbee

LP
Krazy Kat KK 200

CD
Body & Soul 3057012, JSP Records JSPCD7703, Krazy Kat CD 05, Metro Doubles METRDCD532, Savoy‑Atlantic CD 92910‑2, Union Square Music INTROTCD01

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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