시티 블루스의 계승자이자 블루스의 산 증인 존 리 후커. 20세기 대부분을 살아오며 비비 킹과 함께 블루스에 헌신했으며 초기 시티 블루스가 가지는 유연함과 전통을 답습하면서도 새로운 블루스 필을 표현했던 존 리 후커의 초창기 시절을 담은 앨범. 넉넉한 목소리와 특유의 여유로 블루스에 대한 열정과 사랑이 적나라하게 펼쳐져 있다. 초기 블루스의 흥겨움과 고즈넉함, 흑인의 아픔을 담았던 짧지만 여운이 긴 곡들과 도시로 유입되는 과정에서의 흑인의 삶과 모습을 담은 조금 더 현대적인 모습의 틀을 갖춘 모습으로 구성되어 있다.
Yes, I lay down last night. Yes, I was thinking to myself. Oh lord. Lord I was thinking all of her to myself.
Yes, I wonder how did you love me any baby? Now was you lovin' - now was you lovin', oh, somebody else? Hear my baby when she left me, oh Lord, When she left me by myself.
Lord, I'm sure is worried. I'm just sitting here thinkin'.
I says I lay down last night, lay down last night. Now, but I sure wasn't satisified. Now, but I sure wasn't satisfied. I was thinkin' about my baby, And I wonder if she'll come back to me.
Well, I say good- Goodbye baby.Goodbye Baby. I hope we meet again. I hope we meet again someday, oh Lord.
Yes, C.C. Rider, see what you done, done No, C.C. Rider, see what you done, done You have made me love you, now your man done come I'm gonna buy me a pistol, honey, long as I am tall Lord, I'm gonna buy me a pistol, just as long as I'm tall I'm gonna shoot that man and just look at him fall C.C. Rider, where did you stay last night? Oh-ho, C.C. Rider, where did you stay last night? Yeah, your shoes ain't laced, your clothes ain't fittin' you right