No friend around
Alternate title
T.B. is killing me
Master
B 8010
Location/Date
United Sound Systems
Detroit, MI, December 1949
Modern 20-746
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Bernard "Bernie" Besman
Modern 20‑746
LP
Red Lightnin' RL 003, Third Man Records TMR‑512, United Artists LP 127
CD
Acrobat ACQCD 7103, Body & Soul 3067872, Capitol 8 33912 2, Documents 600258, JSP Records JSPCD7703, Proper Records INTRO CD 2038, Proper Records PROPERBOX 111, Red Lightnin' RLCD 0093, Southern Routes SR‑2505, Union Square Music SIMPTNCD026
Bernard ”Bernie” Besman was the producer of Hooker’s singles for Modern and Sensation from 1948-1952 at United Sound Systems Studios on 5840 2nd Boulevard in Detroit, with studio owner James Siracuse’s son Joe Siracuse as engineer. From late 1952 (when Besman moved to California) Joe Bihari from Modern and Joe Siracuse took care of the productions.
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