Blues for Life

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Dimples
  2:16
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Walking the Boogie
  2:43
  1.0 ★
• 3
  Boom Boom
  2:32
  3.2 ★
• 4
  Boogie Chillum
  2:32
• 5
  One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
  2:56
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Please Don't Go
  2:27
  1.0 ★
• 7
  No Shoes
  2:25
  1.0 ★
• 8
  I'm in the Mood
  2:43
• 9
  Tease Me Baby
  3:02
• 10
  My First Wife Left Me
  3:42
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Want Ad Blues
  2:20
• 12
  Hobo Blues
  2:48
• 13
  Down at the Landing
  2:56
• 14
  Whiskey and Wimmen
  2:38
• 15
  Leave My Wife Alone
  2:47
• 16
  Ramblin' by Myself
  3:20
• 17
  Union Station Blues
  2:56
• 18
  The Waterfront
  5:12
• CD 2
• 1
  Blues Before Sunrise
  3:49
• 2
  Crawlin' Kingsnake
  2:43
  1.0 ★
• 3
  I'm So Excited
  2:49
• 4
  Little Wheel
  2:38
• 5
  Let's Make It
  2:34
  1.0 ★
• 6
  Trouble Blues
  2:47
• 7
  Frisco Blues
  2:40
• 8
  Onions
  2:01
• 9
  Louise
  3:04
• 10
  I'm Going Upstairs
  2:59
  1.0 ★
• 11
  Sugar Mama
  3:15
  1.0 ★
• 12
  Maudie
  2:19
• 13
  Tupelo
  3:23
• 14
  Ground Hog Blues
  3:00
  1.0 ★
• 15
  Old Time Shimmy
  2:17
• 16
  Process
  3:42
• 17
  Baby Lee
  2:51
• 18
  Wednesday Evening Blues
  3:57

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Release credits

• Andres Durham
  guitar [1.17, 2.9, 2.14]
• Andrew “Mike” Terry
  baritone saxophone [1]
• Benny Benjamin
  drums (drum set) [2.1, 1.3]
• Calvin Carter
  producer [1.3, 2.5]
• Earl Phillips
  drums (drum set) [10]
• Eddie Burns
  guitar [5]
• Eddie Kirkland
  guitar [9]
• Eddie Taylor
  guitar [2.17, 1.1]
• George Washington
  bass [1.1, 2.17]
• Hank Crosby
  tenor saxophone [3]
• Henry Cosby
  tenor saxophone [1]
• James Jamerson
  bass [3], bass guitar [1]
• Jimmy Turner
  drums (drum set) [7]
• Joe Hunter
  piano [1.3, 2.1]
• John Lee Hooker
  guitar [2.1, 2.9-11, 2.14, 2.17, 1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.13, 1.17], lead vocals [5], vocal [1.1-3, 1.7, 1.13, 1.17, 2.1, 2.9-11, 2.14, 2.17]
• Larry Veeder
  guitar [1]
• Lefty Bates
  guitar [7]
• Marshall Chess
  executive [5]
• Quinn Wilson
  bass guitar [10]
• Ralph Bass
  producer [5]
• Roebuck “Pops” Staples
  guitar [10]
• Ron Malo
  editor [5]
• Sylvester Hickman
  bass [7]
• Tom Whitehead
  drums (drum set) [17]
• [unknown]
  instrument [5]
• Show all credits (25)

Issues

• B
  (Combined release view)
• B
  Blues for Life

  2x CD
  1992