Concert at Newport

1964 live album by John Lee Hooker
Concert at Newport
Live album by
John Lee Hooker
Released1964 (1964)
RecordedJuly 27, 1963
VenueNewport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
GenreBlues
LabelVee-Jay
John Lee Hooker chronology
Live at Sugar Hill
(1963) 		Concert at Newport
(1964) 		...And Seven Nights
(1965)

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[5]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues[3]

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.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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