Don’t Look Back

~ Release by John Lee Hooker (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Dimples
miscellaneous support:
Louie Pérez (Los Lobos) (task: was there)
engineer:
Mario Caldato Jr.
associate producer:
Mario Caldato Jr.
producer:
Los Lobos (Chicano rock band)
baritone saxophone:
Steve Berlin
drums (drum set):
Victor Bisetti
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Conrad Lozano
electric guitar [guitar]:
David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas
harmonica:
John “Juke” Logan
lead vocals [vocal]:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
recording of:
Dimples
lyricist:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1956)
composer:
James Bracken
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Costoma Publishing Company and Tristan Music Ltd.
44:00
2The Healing Game
producer:
Van Morrison
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Ruth Davies (bass player)
drums (drum set):
Kevin Hayes (drums)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Danny Caron (guitar) and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
Hammond organ [keyboards]:
Jimmy Pugh (US jazz keyboardist)
lead vocals [vocal]:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Van Morrison
cover recording of:
The Healing Game
lyricist and composer:
Van Morrison
publisher:
Exile Publishing Ltd., Exile Publishing UK, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
35:10
3Ain’t No Big Thing
producer:
Van Morrison
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Ruth Davies (bass player)
drums (drum set):
Kevin Hayes (drums)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Danny Caron (guitar), John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Van Morrison
piano [keyboards]:
Charles Brown (blues musician)
lead vocals [vocal]:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Van Morrison
recording of:
Ain’t No Big Thing
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
5:20
4Don’t Look Back
producer:
Van Morrison
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Ruth Davies (bass player)
drums (drum set):
Kevin Hayes (drums)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Danny Caron (guitar), John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Van Morrison
Hammond organ [keyboards]:
Charles Brown (blues musician)
lead vocals [vocal]:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Van Morrison (in 1996)
performer:
Van Morrison (in 1996)
recording of:
Don’t Look Back (John Lee Hooker song) (in 1996)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
46:43
5Blues Before Sunrise
producer:
Van Morrison
baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Roger Lewis (Sax Player - Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Ruth Davies (bass player)
drums (drum set):
Kevin Hayes (drums)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Danny Caron (guitar) and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
piano [keyboards]:
Jimmy Pugh (US jazz keyboardist)
trumpet:
Gregory Davis
lead vocals [vocal]:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
cover recording of:
Blues Before Sunrise
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
5:28
6Spellbound
producer:
Van Morrison
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Ruth Davies (bass player)
drums (drum set):
Kevin Hayes (drums)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Danny Caron (guitar) and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
Hammond organ [keyboards]:
Jimmy Pugh (US jazz keyboardist)
lead vocals [vocal]:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
recording of:
Spellbound (John Lee Hooker song)
writer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Michael Osborn
publisher:
King of Boogie
3:57
7Travellin’ Blues
producer:
Van Morrison
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Ruth Davies (bass player)
drums (drum set):
Kevin Hayes (drums)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Danny Caron (guitar), John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Van Morrison
piano [keyboards]:
Charles Brown (blues musician)
lead vocals [vocal]:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Van Morrison
recording of:
Travellin’ Blues
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
5:36
8I Love You Honey
producer:
Van Morrison
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Ruth Davies (bass player)
drums (drum set):
Kevin Hayes (drums)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Danny Caron (guitar), John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Van Morrison
piano [keyboards]:
Charles Brown (blues musician)
lead vocals [vocal]:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Van Morrison
recording of:
I Love You Honey
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Williams
3:32
9Frisco Blues
producer:
Van Morrison
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Ruth Davies (bass player)
drums (drum set):
Kevin Hayes (drums)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Danny Caron (guitar), John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Van Morrison
Hammond organ [keyboards]:
Charles Brown (blues musician)
lead vocals [vocal]:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Van Morrison
recording of:
Frisco Blues (John Lee Hooker song)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:49
10Red House
producer:
Van Morrison
double bass [acoustic bass]:
Ruth Davies (bass player)
drums (drum set):
Kevin Hayes (drums)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Danny Caron (guitar) and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
Hammond organ [keyboards]:
Jimmy Pugh (US jazz keyboardist)
lead vocals [vocal]:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
cover recording of:
Red House
lyricist and composer:
Jimi Hendrix
publisher:
Bella Godiva Music and Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.
44:05
11Rainy Day
recording engineer and mixer:
Mick Glossop (producer & engineer)
producer:
Van Morrison
drums (drum set):
Kevin Hayes (drums)
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Richard Cousins
electric guitar [guitar] and lead vocals [vocal]:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) and Van Morrison
Hammond organ [keyboards]:
John Allair (Pianist)
recorded at and mixed at:
The Plant Studios (1981–2008) in Sausalito, California, United States
recording of:
Rainy Day (John Lee Hooker song)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
King of Boogie
5:51

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Canada
art direction and design:Len Peltier
photography:Anton Corbijn (photography)
additional producer and executive producer:Mike Kappus
producer:Van Morrison
mastering:Paul Stubblebine
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1997)
mastered at:Rocket Lab in San Francisco, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/12254665 [info]

Release group

part of:Grammy Award: Best Traditional Blues Album nominees (number: 1998 winner) (order: 13)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/137783 [info]
Wikidata:Q5291765 [info]