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Travelin' (John Lee Hooker album)

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Travelin'
Studio album by
Released1960 (1960)
RecordedMarch 1, 1960
StudioChicago
GenreBlues
Length30:58
LabelVee-Jay

Travelin' is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker, recorded in 1960, which Vee-Jay Records released in the same year.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[4]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues[2]

The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote that "Travelin' "was the first of Hooker's Vee-Jay albums to be recorded at a single session. Cut from the same cloth, the performances have little variety in texture and not much in tempo."[4]

Track listing

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All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker

  1. "No Shoes" – 2:10
  2. "I Wanna Walk" – 2:15
  3. "Canal Street Blues" – 2:30
  4. "Run On" – 2:10
  5. "I'm a Stranger" – 2:35
  6. "Whiskey and Wimmen" – 2:10
  7. "Solid Sender" – 2:30
  8. "Sunny Land" – 2:15
  9. "Goin' to California" – 2:20
  10. "I Can't Believe" – 2:37
  11. "I'll Know Tonight" – 2:35
  12. "Dusty Road" – 2:09

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Murray, Charles Shaar (2002). Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century. New York City: Macmillan. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-312-27006-3.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues. London: Random House. p. 280. ISBN 9781448132744.
  3. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 231.
  4. ^ a b Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.