Concert at Newport

Concert at Newport
Concert at Newport
Live album by John Lee Hooker
Released	1964
Recorded	July 27, 1963
Venue	Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
Genre	Blues
Label	Vee-Jay
John Lee Hooker chronology

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
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

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

John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
Unidentified musician – bass (tracks 9-11)

References

^ "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.

[1] "Concert at Newport". johnleehooker.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[AllMusic-2] Wynn, Ron. John Lee Hooker: Concert at Newport – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[Virgin-3] Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues. London: Random House. p. 280. ISBN 9781448132744.

[RSAG-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.

[Penguin-5] Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.

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