Concert at Newport

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.