Travelin' (John Lee Hooker album)

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

Travelin'
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)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[3]

The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings said "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".[3]

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues. London: Random House. p. 280. ISBN 9781448132744.
  3. 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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