Release date: 09-06-2008 (originally released in 1959)

2008 US limited edition 11-track 2-LP set pressed on 180gram VIRGIN VINYL, mastered at 45RPM by Kevin Gray & Steve Hoffman - when Riverside Records recorded this session in April 1959, producer Bill Grauer asked the Mississippi moaner to play acoustic guitar, as he had years earlier. The result, on which Hooker put his distinct stamp on tunes associated with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins & Big Bill Broonzy, is a country blues classic! Presented in deluxe card sleeve with individually numbered sticker, housed in perforated tearstrip bag

Tracks:
01. Burnin' Hell
02. Graveyard Blues
03. Baby, Please Don't Go
04. Jackson, Tennessee
05. You Live Your Life And I'll Live Mine
06. Smokestack Lightnin'
07. I Don't Want No Woman If Her Hair Ain't No Longer Than Mine (Short-Haired Woman)
08. I Rolled And Turned And Cried The Whole Night Long
09. Blues For My Baby
10. Key To The Highway
11. Natchez Fire (Burnin')

When Riverside Records recorded this John Lee Hooker session in 1959, producer Bill Grauer asked the Mississippi moaner to play acoustic guitar, much in the manner he had years earlier, before coming North, plugging in, and creating "boogie lightnin'." The result, on which Hooker put his distinct stamp on tunes associated with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins and Big Bill Broonzy, as well as a number of his own highly personal compositions, is a country blues classic.