# Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee

Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee is a 1973 studio album by American blues musician John Lee Hooker.

## Reception

Writing for The Sunday Times, Stewart Lee reviewed a 2014 re-release of this album and the 1972 live release Kabuki Wuki on CD, calling Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee a "set marred by massed horns and backing vocalists, but sporting the superb nine minute 'How Many More Years You Gonna Dog Me ‘Round?'".

## Track listing

* "Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee" – 5:55
* "How Many More Years You Gonna Dog Me 'Round?" – 5:31
* "Going Down" – 8:10
* "Younger Stud" – 8:34
* "King of the World" – 6:06
* "Tell Me You Love Me" – 5:57

## Personnel

"Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee"
* John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
* George Bohanon – trombone
* Oscar Brashear – trumpet
* Cliff Coulter – electric melodica, guitar
* Robert Hooker – organ
* John Klemmer – tenor saxophone
* Don Menza – baritone saxophone
* Steven Miller – piano
* Gino Skaggs – Fender electric bass guitar
* Ken Swank – drums
* Luther Tucker – guitar
"How Many More Years You Gonna Dog Me 'Round"
* John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
* George Bohanon – trombone
* Oscar Brashear – trumpet
* Mel Brown – bass guitar
* Cliff Coulter – guitar
* Robert Hooker – electric piano
* John Klemmer – soprano saxophone with wah-wah and echoplex, tenor saxophone
* Don Menza – baritone saxophone
* Gino Skaggs – Fender electric bass guitar
* Ken Swank – drums
* Luther Tucker – guitar
"Going Down"
* John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
* Elvin Bishop – slide guitar
* Chuck Crimelli – drums
* Don "Sugarcane" Harris – violin
* Robert Hooker – organ
* Steven Miller – electric piano
* Van Morrison – guitar, vocals
* Mark Naftalin – piano
* Gino Skaggs – Fender electric bass guitar
"Younger Stud"
* John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
* Ron Beck – drums
* Cliff Coulter – electric piano
* Oma Drake – vocals
* Robert Hooker – organ
* John Kahn – Fender electric bass guitar
* Marti McCall – vocals
* Ray McCarty – guitar
* Mark Naftalin – piano
* Luther Tucker – guitar
* Michael White – violin
* Blinky Williams – vocals
* Paul Wood – guitar
"King of the World"
* John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
* Mel Brown – guitar
* Cliff Coulter – electric melodica
* Oma Drake – vocals
* Don "Sugarcane" Harris – violin
* Robert Hooker – electric piano
* Marti McCall – vocals
* Gino Skaggs – Fender electric bass guitar
* Ken Swank – drums
* Luther Tucker – guitar
* Blinky Williams – vocals
"Tell Me You Love Me"
* John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
* Ron Beck – drums
* George Bohanon – trombone
* Oscar Brashear – trumpet
* Cliff Coulter – electric piano
* Oma Drake – vocals
* John Klemmer – soprano and tenor saxophones
* Robert Hooker – organ
* Don Menza – baritone saxophone
* Marti McCall – vocals
* Benny Rowe – slide guitar
* Gino Skaggs – Fender electric bass guitar
* Luther Tucker – guitar
* Blinky Williams – vocals
Technical personnel
* Baker Bigsby – mixing at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California, United States (March 5–7, 1973)
* Gil Fortis – mixing assistance
* Ken Hopkins – engineering
* Al Kramer – front cover photography
* Dominic Lumetta – mixing assistance
* Ruby Mazur – design
* Phil Melnick – back cover photography
* Ed Michel – production
* Rick Stanley – engineering assistance