| Concert at Newport | ||||
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| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | July 27, 1963 | |||
| Venue | Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Vee-Jay | |||
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Concert at Newport is a live album by the blues musician John Lee Hooker, recorded at the Newport Folk Festival and released by the Vee-Jay label in 1963. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [3] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues | [5] |
AllMusic reviewer Ron Wynn stated: "Arguably his finest live date, this was John Lee Hooker minus the self-congratulatory mugging now an almost mandatory part of his sets. Instead, there's just lean, straight, defiant Hooker vocals and minimal, but effective backing". [2]
All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker
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