Shake your boogie
Location/Date
609 Lafayette Street
Detroit, MI, November 1948
African Folk Society LP 3428
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Elmer Barbee
African Folk Society LP 3428, Krazy Kat KK 200
CD
Body & Soul 3057012, Documents 600258, Krazy Kat CD 05, 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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