Detroit: 1948-1949 (2000) more music like this

by John Lee Hooker

Acoustic or electric, alone or with a few friends, John Lee Hooker is always interesting. He has the gift to take the typical three-chord blues song and boil it down to its essence, relying on two, and sometimes no more than one, chord. Detroit 1948-1949 captures him early in his career, delivering 16 songs on solo guitar (both acoustic and ...

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Classic Early Years 1948-51 (2002) more music like this

by John Lee Hooker

This four-disc box from London's JSP Records collects an astounding 100 songs recorded by John Lee Hooker in Detroit from the years 1948 to 1952, including his first two sides ever, the signature tunes "Boogie Chillen" and "Sally Mae." Most of the tracks here are done solo, with Hooker's ever-present foot-stomping, although a few feature other ...

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Down Child (2007) more music like this

by John Lee Hooker

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No Friend Around (1970) more music like this

by John Lee Hooker

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Low Down Midnite Boogie (2004) more music like this

by John Lee Hooker

Savoy's Low Down Midnite Boogie is made up of two different John Lee Hooker sessions recorded in the late '40s and 1961. Tracks one through nine feature Hooker with Detroiter Eddie Kirkland and an unspecified bassist and drummer. The final five tunes are solo Hooker and although enjoyable, they aren't anything that Hooker fans haven't heard before ...

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Boogie Chillen [Indigo] (2001) more music like this

by John Lee Hooker

This 20-track compilation is taken solely from 1948-49 sessions, an era that has been drawn from repeatedly for Hooker anthologies. If anyone ever assembles a comprehensive Hooker discography that delineates not only his original releases, but where and when these have been reissued, he or she deserves a government grant or something, because it's ...

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John Lee Hooker [Dressed To Kill] (1999) more music like this

by John Lee Hooker

This budget three-disc box set collects sides John Lee Hooker recorded for the Vee-Jay and Gotham record imprints and includes Hooker classics like "Crawlin' King Snake," "Boogie Chillen'," and "Boom Boom." Hooker wasn't too particular about honoring contracts, but his relationship with Vee-Jay, which lasted from 1955 through 1964, was the closest ...

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Blues Legend (2006) more music like this

by John Lee Hooker

If John Lee Hooker hadn't existed, the blues would have had to invent him, because he provides a perfect bridge between prewar country blues from the south and the urban electric blues that took form in Chicago and other Northern cities following the war. He also never met a record contract with an exclusivity clause he felt he needed to honor, ...

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The Complete, Vol. 1 - Detroit 1948-1949 (2003) more music like this

by John Lee Hooker

Body & Soul has undertaken the huge task of issuing all of John Lee Hooker's recorded work in chronological order, beginning with this double-disc set, which includes Hooker's earliest Detroit recordings, kicking off with "Rocks," tracked on June 12, 1948, in a little studio behind Elmer Barbee's record shop on Lafayette Street. Most of the sides ...

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