John Lee Hooker Plays And Sings The Blues

This is probably my favorite blues album.  Hooker really paints the scene of a Delta bluesman just playing the day away on a front porch.  If you ask me, its albums like this that set the bar for exactly WHAT the blues is.  For decades following it would be hard for any contemporary's to break the mold...  that's the kind of influence an album like this has.

Unlike the suggestion of the title, this is NOT a best of or collection.  Rather, a great set of tunes cut by a master of the genre.

This was ripped from my '86 reissue and sounds glorious.  The Chess Master series was akin to say the Liberty reissues of the Blue Note classics.  Great fidelity and music - on a dime.  Enjoy!!!

Chess – CHD-9199
1986

1  The Journey  3:37  
2  I Don't Want Your Money  2:58  
3  Hey, Baby  3:22  
4  Mad Man Blues  2:39  
5  Bluebird  2:55  
6  Worried Life Blues  3:00  
7  Apologize  2:57  
8  Lonely Boy Boogie  3:16  
9  Please Don't Go   2:26  
10  Dreamin' Blues  3:02  
11  Hey Boogie  2:59  
12  Just Me And My Telephone   3:14  

Vocals, Guitar – John Lee Hooker
Written-By – John Lee Hooker (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 12)
All cuts recorded in Detroit, late 1952, except "Mad Man Blues", "Hey Boogie" (Detroit, late 1951), "Dreamin' Blues" (Detroit, 1951) and "Just Me And My Telephone" (Detroit, 1951 or 1952)