finetune artist: John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker is the most elemental of the electric blues giants. His spooky musical minimalism--plaintive yet powerful vocals coupled with guitar work alternately haunting and toe-tapping--has inspired countless artists, from contemporaries like Slim Harpo to acolytes the Rolling Stones. Few, however, can summon up the inexplicable erotic charge at the heart of Hooker's best performances. The patented "boogie" rhythm upon which seemignly every blues-rock and hard rock band of the 1970s wrought variations was virtually invented by Hooker. One of the most-recorded post-war bluesmen, Hooker released records on countless labels, working much of the time in Detroit and Chicago. He kept working well into his eighties, his style growing ever more refined and penetrating.

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(2025) Endless Boogie
(2008) Face To Face
(2008) Jack O'Diamonds
(2008) Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive
(2008) Don't Turn Me From Your Door
(2007) Gold
(2007) Best of Friends
(2007) Jealous
(2007) Don't Look Back
(2007) Boom Boom
(2007) Chill Out
(2006) Live At Newport
(2006) The Definitive Collection
(2006) Boogie Chillun
(2006) Burning Hell
(2006) The Country Blues Of John Lee Hooker
(2006) Specialty Profiles: John Lee Hooker
(2006) Everybody's Blues
(2006) Live At Sugar Hill, Vol. 2
(2006) That's My Story
(2005) Sittin' Here Thinkin'
(2005) Low Down Midnite Boogie
(2004) It Serves You Right To Suffer
(2002) Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues
(1999) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of John Lee Hooker
(1998) Complete '50's Chess Recording - CD2
(1998) The Best Of Friends
(1998) The Complete '50s Chess Recordings
(1997) The Very Best of Boom Boom
(1997) His Best Chess Sides
(1996) The Best of John Lee Hooker
(1996) Blues Legend
(1996) Live At The Cafe Au Go Go (And Soledad Prison)
(1996) The Best Hooker 'N' Heat
(1995) Chill Out
(1994) King Of The Boogie
(1993) The Legendary Modern Recordings, 1948-1954
(1993) Urban Blues
(1992) The Best Of John Lee Hooker 1965 To 1974
(1991) The Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990 - CD1
(1991) The Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990 - CD2
(1991) Mr. Lucky
(1989) The Healer
(1989) The Cream
(1989) Plays & Sings the Blues
(1989) House of the Blues
(1988) The Real Folk Blues
(1975) Whiskey & Wimmen
(1969) Get Back Home...
(1964) Burning Hell

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Baby, Please Don't Go
I'm In the Mood
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