John Lee Hooker - Walkin' the Boogie

[bobbilse]

Fascinating recording. The "mandolin" sounds like an over-dubbed guitar played to the original track playing-at half speed. It's not a double-track on the basic track. It's some technique used to create a doubling effect; likely, as suggested, earlier, another mike placed some 30 feet away. Interesting.

[newman015]

@bobbilse It's not a mandolin it's just guitar played high up the fret board. Trust me you'd know if it was a mandolin since there would be a double note being produced, whereas here it's obivously just a single. :)

[arjhendrix]

"Nobody Boogie Like THE BOOGIEMAN" -JLH

...went on Boogie-ing just the same...

thank you for sharing

[antoniouscaesar]

i bet thats the mandolin player yal rachel that played with jon estees

[gilgamess]

@antoniouscaesar I've had this record on a compilation for many years, and what I think they did is take the song "Boogie Chillen" looped a couple of parts and sped up John Lee Hooker's guitar, hence the "mandolin" effect.

[kudiepie]

This song could put anyone in the mood to tap their toes.

[9mej]

if its not double tracked how has the highley tenshoind guitar been put in its an amazing mix because there is the standerd guitar mixed in as well when i first herd this over ten years ago it froze me in my tracks its so different from the standerd boogie chillen

[12makes4]

Thats awsome.

[snakeskin2u2]

It's not double-tracked. It's echo - microphone is about 30 feet away at other end of room. Excellent. Thanks for posting original !

[Sabbath686]

This version is awesome, gotta love the double tracked vocals.