Concert at Newport

Concert at Newport is a live album by blues musician John Lee Hooker recorded at the Newport Folk Festival and released by the Vee-Jay label in 1963.[1]

Concert at Newport
Live album by John Lee Hooker
Released	1964
Recorded	July 27, 1963
Venue	Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
Genre	Blues
Label	Vee-Jay
John Lee Hooker chronology
Live at Sugar Hill (1963) Concert at Newport (1964) ...And Seven Nights (1965)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues	[3]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

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]

Track listing

All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker

1. "I Can't Quit You Now Blues" – 2:51
2. "Stop Baby Don't Hold Me That Way" – 1:44
3. "Tupelo" – 5:17
4. "Bus Station Blues" – 3:38
5. "Freight Train Be My Friend" – 3:25
6. "Boom Boom Boom" – 2:29
7. "Talk That Talk Baby" – 1:26
8. "Sometimes Baby, You Make Me Feel So Bad" – 3:27
9. "You've Got to Walk Yourself" – 4:52
10. "Let's Make It" – 2:23
11. "The Mighty Fire" – 4:42

Personnel

• John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
• Unidentified musician – bass (tracks 9-11)

References

1. "Concert at Newport". johnleehooker.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Wynn, Ron. John Lee Hooker: Concert at Newport – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
3. Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues. London: Random House. p. 280. ISBN 9781448132744.
4. Brackett, Christian David Hoard, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. US: Simon and Schuster. pp. 387. ISBN 9780743201698.