Travelin' (John Lee Hooker album)

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Travelin'
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Studio album by
John Lee Hooker
Released1960 (1960)
RecordedMarch 1, 1960
StudioChicago, Illinois
GenreBlues
Length30:58
LabelVee-Jay
John Lee Hooker chronology
That's My Story
(1959) 		Travelin'
(1960) 		The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker
(1961)

Travelin' is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker, recorded in Chicago in 1960 and released on the Vee-Jay label.[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings2.5/4 stars[5]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide3/5 stars[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues4/5 stars[3]

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."[5]

Track listing[]

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Travelin'". johnleehooker.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "John Lee Hooker Travelin'". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues. London: Random House. p. 280. ISBN 9781448132744.
  4. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 231.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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