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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "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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v t e John Lee Hooker
Studio albums	The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker (1959) Travelin' (1960) That's My Story (1960) The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker (1961) Burnin' (1962) The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker (1963) John Lee Hooker on Campus (1964) Burning Hell (1964) ...And Seven Nights (1965) It Serve You Right to Suffer (1966) The Real Folk Blues (1966) Urban Blues (1967) Simply the Truth (1969) If You Miss 'Im...I Got 'Im (1969) Get Back Home (1969) I Feel Good! (1971) Hooker 'n Heat (1971) Endless Boogie (1971) Never Get Out of These Blues Alive (1972) Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee (1973) Free Beer and Chicken (1974) Sittin' Here Thinkin' (1980) Jealous (1987) The Healer (1989) More Real Folk Blues: The Missing Album (1991) Mr. Lucky (1991) Chill Out (1995) Don't Look Back (1997)
Live albums	Concert at Newport (1963) Live at Sugar Hill (1963) Live at Cafe Au Go Go (1967) Live at Soledad Prison (1972) Kabuki Wuki (1973) The Cream (1978)
Compilations	House of the Blues (1959) I'm John Lee Hooker (1959) John Lee Hooker Plays & Sings the Blues (1961) Folk Blues (1962) Don't Turn Me from Your Door (1963) Original Folk Blues (1964) That's Where It's At! (1969) Goin' Down Highway 51 (1971) The Ultimate Collection (1991)
Soundtracks	The Hot Spot: Original Soundtrack (1990)
Films	Come See About Me (2004)
Singles	"Boogie Chillen'" (1948) "Crawling King Snake" (1948) "Jack o' Diamonds" (1949) "Trouble in Mind" (1949) "Catfish" (1951) "I'm in the Mood" (1951) "Sugar Mama" (1952) "Worried Life Blues" (1952) "Baby, Please Don't Go" (1952) "Key to the Highway" (1952) "I'm Ready" (1956) "Dimples" (1956) "I Need Some Money" (1960) "Boom Boom" (1961) "Drifting Blues" (1961) "Don't Look Back" (1961)
Songs	"How Long Blues" (1960) "Good Mornin', Lil' School Girl" (1960) "Smokestack Lightnin'" (1960) "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (1966) "Bottle Up & Go" (1966) "I Can't Quit You Baby" (1966) "Meet Me in the Bottom" (1971) "Roll and Tumble" (1971) "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" (1974) "Terraplane Blues" (1987) "I Cover the Waterfront" (1991) "The Healing Game" (1997) "Red House" (1997)
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