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Travelin'
Studio album by John Lee Hooker
Released	1960 (1960)
Recorded	March 1, 1960
Studio	Chicago
Genre	Blues
Length	30:58
Label	Vee-Jay

Travelin' is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker, recorded in 1960, which Vee-Jay Records released in the same year.

Reception

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Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues

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."

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

• John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
• William "Lefty" Bates – guitar
• Sylvester Hickman – bass
• Jimmy Turner – drums

References

1. Murray, Charles Shaar (2002). Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century. New York City: Macmillan. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-312-27006-3.
2. Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues. London: Random House. p. 280. ISBN 9781448132744.
3. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 231.
4. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. London: Penguin. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.

• John Lee Hooker albums
• 1960 albums
• Vee-Jay Records albums