John Lee Hooker
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John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues that he develope
Hooker at Massey Hall, Toronto, 1978
Hooker performing at the Long Beach Blues Festival, Long Beach, California, August 31, 1997
Boogie Chillen'
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"Boogie Chillen'" or "Boogie Chillun" is a blues song first recorded by John Lee Hooker in 1948. It is a solo performance featuring Hooker's vocal, electric guitar, and rhythmic foot stomps. The lyric
John Lee Hooker
…2015 list of 100 greatest guitarists, and has been cited as one of the greatest male blues vocalists of all time. Some of his best known songs include "Boogie Chillen'" (1948), "Crawling King Snake" (1949), "Dimples" (1956), "Boom Boom" (1962), and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (1966). Several of his later albums…
Boogie Chillen' single cover
Hooker 'n Heat album cover (front)