Numbers blues
Alternate title
Playin' the numbers
Master
B 7009 Alt. Take
Location/Date
United Sound Systems
Detroit, MI, September 3 1948
Ace CDCHD 799
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Bernard "Bernie" Besman
Ace CDCHD 799, Ace JLHBOX 019
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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