Original Folk Blues

Not to be confused with The Real Folk Blues.

Original Folk Blues
Image of United reissue.
Compilation album by John Lee Hooker
Released	1964 (1964)^[1] or 1967^[2]
Recorded	Detroit, Michigan 1948–1954
Genre	Blues
Length	36:02
Label	Kent Records (Cat. no.KLP 525)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Original Folk Blues is a compilation album by American bluesman John Lee Hooker, released in 1964^[1] or 1967.^[2] It mostly features songs that Hooker recorded for Bernard Besman in Detroit, Michigan between 1948 and 1954.

Track listing

Original album

All tracks written by John Lee Hooker, with additional credit given to producer Bernard Besman (except where noted)^[1].

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Boogie Chillen'"	3:10
2.	"Queen Bee"	2:35
3.	"Crawlin' King Snake"	3:01
4.	"Weeping Willow Boogie"	2:52
5.	"Whistlin' and Moanin' Blues"	3:11
6.	"Sally Mae" (John Lee Hooker)	3:12

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Need Love So Bad" (Mayfield, Phillips)	3:27
2.	"Let's Talk It Over" (Chenier, Davis)	2:59
3.	"The Syndicator" (Hooker, Taub)	3:01
4.	"Let Your Daddy Ride"	2:58
5.	"Driftin From Door to Door"	3:01
6.	"Baby I'm Gonna Miss You"	2:35

Reissues

Original Folk Blues has been reissued by several record companies, including United/Superior Records and in 2002 by Ace Records, as an expanded album with six extra songs in addition to the twelve from the original release.^[1]

Ace reissue extra songs
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cold Chills" (Hooker, Williamson)	3:06
2.	"Cool Little Car" (Hooker, Taub)	3:14
3.	"I Wonder Little Darling" (Hooker)	3:07
4.	"Jump Me One More Time" (Josea)	2:30
5.	"Lookin' for a Woman" (Hooker)	3:12
6.	"Ride 'Til I Die" (Hooker)	2:56

References

1 2 3 4 Leggett, Steve. "Original Folk Blues (review)". Allmusic. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
1 2 "Kent Bows 5 Vintage Folk Blues LP's to Snare College Crowd". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 79 (22): 12. June 3, 1967. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
↑ Leggett, Steve. John Lee Hooker: Original Folk Blues > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 18, 2012.

John Lee Hooker

Studio albums	1960 That's My Story 1966 It Serves You Right to Suffer 1971 Hooker 'n Heat 1971 Endless Boogie 1972 Never Get Out of These Blues Alive 1989 The Healer 1991 Mr. Lucky 1997 Don't Look Back

Compilations	1964 Original Folk Blues 1991 The Ultimate Collection 2005 Blues Is the Healer

Soundtracks	1990 The Hot Spot

Films	2004 Come See About Me

Singles	1948 "Boogie Chillen'" "Crawling King Snake" 1949 "Jack o' Diamonds" "Trouble in Mind" 1951 "Catfish" 1952 "Sugar Mama" "Worried Life Blues" "Baby, Please Don't Go" "Key to the Highway" 1956 "I'm Ready" "Dimples" 1960 "I Need Some Money" 1961 "Boom Boom" "Drifting Blues" 1964 "Don't Look Back"

Songs	1960 "How Long Blues" "Good Mornin', Lil' School Girl" "Smokestack Lightnin'" 1966 "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" "Bottle Up & Go" "I Can't Quit You Baby" 1971 "Meet Me in the Bottom" "Roll and Tumble" 1974 "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" 1987 "Terraplane Blues" 1991 "I Cover the Waterfront" 1997 "The Healing Game" "Red House"

Related articles	Talking blues Boogie Detroit blues Eddie Kirkland Eddie "Guitar" Burns Canned Heat The Blues Brothers

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