Album · 1961
Plays and Sings the Blues
Tracklist
1
The Journey
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2
I Don't Want Your Money
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3
Hey Baby
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4
Mad Man Blues
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5
Bluebird
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6
Worried Life Blues
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7
Apologize
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8
Lonely Boy Boogie
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9
Please Don't Go
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10
Dreamin' Blues
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11
Hey Boogie
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12
Just Me and My Telephone
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In print
First pressed 1961, still pressed 2024 — 52 pressings across 13 countries.
Credits
Vartan
Art Direction
DZN, The Design Group
Design
Eddie Kirkland
Instrument · bass guitar
John Lee Hooker
Instrument · guitar, voice, written-by
Don Kamerer
Liner Notes
Omar Kaleem
Liner Notes
Studs Terkel
Liner Notes
Lex van Coeverden
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Wes Garland
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Don Bronstein
Photography
Jean‐Pierre Leloir
Photography
Bernard Besman
Producer
Joe Von Battle
Producer
Leonard Chess
Producer
Pete Felleman
Producer · compiled by
Big Maceo
Writer
Lowell Fulson
Writer
Maceo Merriweather
Writer
Major Merriweather
Writer
Muddy Waters
Writer
Mud Morganfield
Writer