That's My Story

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That's My Story
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Studio album by
John Lee Hooker
ReleasedApril or May 1960 [1] [2]
RecordedFebruary 9, 1960
StudioReeves Sound Studios in New York
Genre Blues
Length44:43
Label Riverside
Producer Orrin Keepnews
John Lee Hooker chronology
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(1959)		That's My Story
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That's My Story is a studio album by American blues musician John Lee Hooker, released in April or May 1960 on Riverside Records. [1] [2] The album was recorded in one session on February 9, 1960 at Reeves Sound Studio in New York City. [3] It was produced by Orrin Keepnews and features the rhythm section from saxophonist Cannonball Adderley's group, which included bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. [3]

Contents

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
Down Beat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

That's My Story was released in 1960 to positive reviews from The Jazz Review [8] and New York Times critic Robert Shelton. [9] By the time of this recording, Hooker's Delta blues style of playing had influenced and become part of the "folk boom" in the United States. [10] Mojo later cited the record as the point when Hooker had "developed the more ruminative side of his work". [11]

Track listing

All songs written by John Lee Hooker except the first track which is an adaptation of "Money (That's What I Want) by Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford, with additional lyrics by John Lee Hooker. [3]

  1. "I Need Some Money" – 2:25
  2. "Come on and See About Me" – 3:06
  3. "I'm Wanderin'" – 5:12
  4. "Democrat Man" – 3:27
  5. "I Want to Talk About You" – 3:02
  6. "Gonna Use My Rod" – 4:20
  7. "Wednesday Evenin' Blues" – 3:34
  8. "No More Doggin' " – 2:42
  9. "One of These Days" – 4:05
  10. "I Believe I'll Go Back Home" – 3:42
  11. "You're Leavin' Me, Baby" – 3:51
  12. "That's My Story" – 4:34

Personnel

Credits for That's My Story adapted from liner notes. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Editorial Staff, Billboard (25 April 1960). "New Riverside April Release". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 Editorial Staff, Cash Box (14 May 1960). "May Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Track listing and credits as per liner notes for That's My Story CD reissue
  4. ↑ Koda, Cub. Review: That's My Story. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
  5. ↑ Columnist. "Review: That's My Story". Down Beat : v. 27. 1960.
  6. ↑ Hoard, Christian (ed.) "John Lee Hooker". The Rolling Stone Album Guide : November 2, 2004. Fireside Books.
  7. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 270. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  8. ↑ Columnist. "Review: That's My Story". The Jazz Review : 44. v. 3. 1960.
  9. ↑ Shelton, Robert. "Review: That's My Story". The New York Times : 25. April 7, 1961.
  10. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2009). The encyclopedia of popular music (4th ed.). New York/Abingdon: Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780195313734.
  11. ↑ "Review: That's My Story". Mojo . EMAP: 169. October 2001.

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