Concert at Newport
| Concert at Newport | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | July 27, 1963 | |||
| Venue | Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Vee-Jay | |||
| John Lee Hooker chronology | ||||
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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
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| 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
[edit]All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker
- "I Can't Quit You Now Blues" – 2:51
- "Stop Baby Don't Hold Me That Way" – 1:44
- "Tupelo" – 5:17
- "Bus Station Blues" – 3:38
- "Freight Train Be My Friend" – 3:25
- "Boom Boom Boom" – 2:29
- "Talk That Talk Baby" – 1:26
- "Sometimes Baby, You Make Me Feel So Bad" – 3:27
- "You've Got to Walk Yourself" – 4:52
- "Let's Make It" – 2:23
- "The Mighty Fire" – 4:42
Personnel
[edit]- John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
- Unidentified musician – bass (tracks 9-11)
References
[edit]- ^ "Concert at Newport". johnleehooker.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ a b Wynn, Ron. John Lee Hooker: Concert at Newport – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues. London: Random House. p. 280. ISBN 9781448132744.
- ^ Brackett, Christian David Hoard, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. US: Simon and Schuster. pp. 387. ISBN 9780743201698.
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.