By 1959 the folk revival was nearly in full swing, pushed forward by the likes of Pete Seeger, and was in fact the first year of the Newport Folk Festival.

 

In that light, John Lee Hooker took a break from his Chicago electric blues recording career and returned to his country blues roots with an acoustic blues LP that featured the stripped down sound of just Hooker and his acoustic guitar.

 

Essential acoustic blues reissued on 180 gram LP with download code.