Strike blues
Alternate title
Welfare blues
Master
Alt. Take
Location/Date
United Sound Systems
Detroit, MI, April 28 1950
United Artists LP 5512
Lineup
John Lee Hooker, vcl/gtr
Produced by
Bernard "Bernie" Besman
Third Man Records TMR‑512, United Artists LP 5512
CD
BeatGoesOn BGOCD 363, Body & Soul 3067872, Capitol 8 33912 2, JSP Records JSPCD7703
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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