John Lee Hooker (View Discography)

Release Info

This three-disc, 60-track box collects sides John Lee Hooker cut for Chicago’s Vee-Jay Records between 1955 and 1964, along with sides he recorded in a more acoustic vein for Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews' Riverside Records in the late '50s. Whether Hooker was paired with a small electric band or was tracked chugging along solo, he always did the same sort of boogie shuffle rhythms, and somehow he always managed to be John Lee Hooker rather than being boring, even if, at times, listening to these 60 cuts sounds like one is lost inside of one huge three-hour country blues song. Hooker was always Hooker. ~ Steve Leggett

Tracks

1. Dimples
2. Hobo Blues
4. I Love You Honey
5. Boogie Chillun
6. Little Wheel
8. Maudie
10. Every Night
11. Time Is Marching
12. Baby Lee
13. Mambo Chillun
14. The Road Is So Rough
17. Rosie Mae
18. You Can Lead Me, Baby
20. Love Blues

1. No Shoes
2. I Wanna Walk
3. Canal Street Blues
4. Run On
6. Whiskey and Wimmen
7. Solid Sender
8. Sunny Land
12. Dusty Road
13. Unfriendly Woman
15. Tennessee Blues
17. Tupelo
18. Union Station Blues

1. I Need Some Money
2. Come on and See About Me
4. Democrat Man
5. I Want to Talk About You
6. Gonna Use My Rod
9. One of These Days
13. Leave My Wife Alone
15. Sugar Mama
16. Down at the Landing
17. Louise
18. Ground Hog Blues
19. High Priced Woman
20. Women and Money