Graveyard blues
Master
U 1987
Location/Date
609 Lafayette Street
Detroit, MI, March/April 1949
Chance 1110
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Elmer Barbee
Chance 1110
45 rpm
Chance 1110
LP
Advent LP 2801, Charly CRB 1067
CD
Body & Soul 3063142, Charly CD DIG 5, Charly CDGR 176, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111
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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