John Lee Hooker- Burning Hell (Bluesville Acoustic Sounds Series)

Label: Craft

Reissued 6/7/2024, Originally released 1964

Burning Hell was recorded in 1959 in Detroit but wasn’t released until 1964 on Riverside Records. Even then, it was only available in Europe. The album features John Lee Hooker solo as he plays originals and classics. AllMusic states that, on this album, “Hooker shows himself to be an excellent interpreter who could have held his own with Delta bluesmen of any era.”

Track Listing:

1. Burnin' Hell
2. Graveyard Blues
3. Baby, Please Don't Go
4. Jackson, Tennessee
5. You Live Your Life and I'll Live Mine
6. Smokestack Lightnin'
7. How Can You Do It?
8. I Don't Want No Woman If Her Hair Ain't No Longer Than Mine (Short-Haired Woman)
9. I Rolled and Turned and Cried the Whole Night Long
10. Blues for My Baby
11. Key to the Highway
12. Natchez Fire (Burnin')