Goin' Down Highway 51

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Goin' Down Highway 51
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Compilation album by
Released1971 (1971)
RecordedSeptember 3, 1948 April 2, 1951
Genre Blues
Length30:08
Label Specialty
Producer Bernie Besman
John Lee Hooker chronology
Hooker 'n Heat
(1971)
Goin' Down Highway 51
(1971)
Endless Boogie
(1971)

Goin' Down Highway 51 is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker, compiling tracks originally recorded for Bernie Besman between 1948 and 1951, that was released by the Specialty label in 1971.

Contents

Reception

An AllMusic review notes: "this LP brings you early recordings of Hooker in his absolute prime. These sides were recorded in Detroit not long after the singer/guitarist's arrival in the Motor City from his native Mississippi". [1]

Track listing

All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker

  1. "My Baby's Got Something" – 2:48
  2. "Grinder Man" – 3:10
  3. "Four Women in My Life" – 3:11
  4. "Goin' Down Highway 51" – 2:28
  5. "Sail On Little Girl" – 2:15
  6. "Miss Sadie Mae" – 2:46
  7. "Alberta - Part 2" – 2:42
  8. "21 Boogie" – 2:50
  9. "Find Me a Woman" – 2:39
  10. "Hastings Street Boogie" – 2:18
  11. "Canal Street Blues" – 2:44
  12. "Strike Blues" – 2:37
  13. "War Is Over (Goodbye California)" – 2:45
  14. "Henry's Swing Club" – 3:09

Personnel

References

  1. Roundup Newsletter. John Lee Hooker: Goin' Down Highway 51 – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 31, 2019.