John Lee Hooker on Campus

John Lee Hooker on Campus is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker released by the Vee-Jay label in 1963.[1]

John Lee Hooker on Campus
Studio album by John Lee Hooker
Released	1963
Recorded	Chicago, 1963
Genre	Blues
Length	35:02
Label	Vee-Jay
John Lee Hooker chronology
Don't Turn Me from Your Door (1963) John Lee Hooker on Campus (1963) Live at Sugar Hill (1963)

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 Al Campbell stated: "John Lee Hooker on Campus is titled to sound like a live recording but it isn't ... these 12 tracks originally tried to capitalize on Hooker's emergence on the coffeehouse/college tours he was involved in at the time. This is an electric album that contains excellent material from Hooker, even though the occasional background singers get in the way, attempting to modernize his gritty blues with a smoother soul sound".[2]

Track listing

All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker

1. "I'm Leaving" – 2:11
2. "Love Is a Burning Thing" – 2:37
3. "Birmingham Blues" – 2:52
4. "I Want to Shout" – 2:23
5. "Don't Look Back" – 2:54
6. "I Want to Hug You" – 2:39
7. "Poor Me" – 3:10
8. "I Want to Ramble" – 2:27
9. "Half a Stranger" – 4:22
10. "My Grinding Mill" – 3:09
11. "Bottle Up and Go" – 2:24
12. "One Way Ticket" – 3:27

Personnel

• John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
• Unidentified musicians – drums, piano, vocals

References

1. "John Lee Hooker on Campus". johnleehooker.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Campbell, Al. John Lee Hooker: On Campus – 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. USA: Simon and Schuster. pp. 387. ISBN 9780743201698.