The Essential

Tracklist

• 1
  Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom
  2:41
• 2
  One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
  3:01
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Decoration Day
  5:08
  1.0 ★
• 4
  Back Biters and Syndicators
  2:51
• 5
  Doin' the Shout
  3:34
• 6
  Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
  10:15
  1.0 ★
• 7
  I'm in the Mood
  2:44
  2.0 ★
• 8
  Mr Lucky
  2:54
  1.0 ★
• 9
  I'm Bad Like Jesse James
  5:34
  1.0 ★
• 10
  Shake it Baby
  4:22
  2.0 ★
• 11
  Blue Bird
  5:27
  1.0 ★
• 12
  The Motor City is Burning
  2:52
  2.5 ★
• 13
  It Serves You Right to Suffer
  5:08
  2.5 ★
• 14
  Think Twice Before You Go
  2:04
  2.0 ★
• 15
  House Rent Boogie
  6:26
  2.0 ★
• 16
  The Waterfront
  5:22
  1.0 ★
• 17
  Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang
  4:47
  1.0 ★

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Release credits

• Barry Galbraith
  guest [10], guitar [10]
• Bob Thiele
  producer [9-10]
• Ed Michel
  producer [6]
• Eddie Burns
  guitar [2]
• Elvin Bishop
  slide guitar [6]
• Francis Clay
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Gino Skaggs
  bass [6], electric bass guitar [6]
• John Lee Hooker
  electric guitar [6], guitar [2, 9-10, 16], lead vocals [2, 16], performer [9], vocal [6, 9-10]
• Ken Swank
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Luther ‘Georgia Boy’ Johnson
  guitar [9]
• Mac Arnold
  bass [9]
• Mark Naftalin
  piano [6]
• Marshall Chess
  executive [2, 16]
• Milt Hinton
  bass [10], double bass [10], guest [10]
• Muddy Waters
  guitar [9]
• Otis Spann
  piano [9]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [10], guest [10]
• Ralph Bass
  producer [2, 16]
• Robert Hooker
  organ [6]
• Ron Malo
  editor [2, 16]
• Sammy Lawhorn
  guitar [9]
• Van Morrison
  electric guitar [6], guest [6]
• [unknown]
  instrument [2, 16]
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Issues

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  The Essential

  CD
  1993