Travelin' (John Lee Hooker album)

Travelin' is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker, recorded in Chicago in 1960 and released on the Vee-Jay label.[1]

Travelin'
Studio album by
John Lee Hooker
Released1960 (1960)
RecordedMarch 1, 1960
StudioChicago, Illinois
GenreBlues
Length30:58
LabelVee-Jay
John Lee Hooker chronology
That's My Story
(1959)		 Travelin'
(1960)		 The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker
(1961)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[3]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues[5]

The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote that "Travelin' "was the first of Hooker's Vee-Jay albums to be recorded at a single session. Cut from the same cloth, the performances have little variety in texture and not much in tempo."[3]

Track listing

All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker

  1. "No Shoes" – 2:10
  2. "I Wanna Walk" – 2:15
  3. "Canal Street Blues" – 2:30
  4. "Run On" – 2:10
  5. "I'm a Stranger" – 2:35
  6. "Whiskey and Wimmen" – 2:10
  7. "Solid Sender" – 2:30
  8. "Sunny Land" – 2:15
  9. "Goin' to California" – 2:20
  10. "I Can't Believe" – 2:37
  11. "I'll Know Tonight" – 2:35
  12. "Dusty Road" – 2:09

Personnel

References
  1. "Travelin'". johnleehooker.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  2. "John Lee Hooker Travelin'". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  4. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 231.
  5. Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues. London: Random House. p. 280. ISBN 9781448132744.
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