Hooker | 
 enlarge | Artist: John Lee Hooker
Label: Shout Factory
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 39922
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 6.1 x 1.6
MPN: 826663101980
UPC: 826663101980
EAN: 0826663101980
ASIN: B000IU3YN2
Release Date: October 31, 2006
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Disc 1
| • | Boogie Chillen' | | • | Sally Mae | | • | Black Man Blues | | • | Hobo Blues | | • | Hoogie Boogie | | • | Weeping Willow Boogie | | • | Crawlin' King Snake | | • | Driftin' from Door to Door | | • | Catfish Blues - John Lee Hooker, Traditional | | • | Moses Smote the Water - John Lee Hooker, Traditional | | • | Huckle Up Baby | | • | Wandering Blues | | • | Don't You Remember Me | | • | Notoriety Woman | | • | Let Your Daddy Ride | | • | John L's House Rent Boogie | | • | Bumble Bee Blues | | • | Leave Me Wife Alone | | • | Just Me and My Telephone | | • | I'm in the Mood | | • | Blues for Big Town | | • | Stuttering Blues | | • | Down Child | | • | Boogie Rambler | | • | Baby You Ain't No Good | | • | I'm Ready |
Disc 2
| • | Dimples | | • | Every Night | | • | I'm So Excited | | • | I Love You Honey | | • | Tupelo Blues | | • | I Need Some Money - John Lee Hooker, Gordy, Berry | | • | Democrat Man | | • | No More Doggin' | | • | Gonna Use My Rod | | • | Whiskey and Wimmen | | • | No Shoes | | • | We're All God's Chillun | | • | I'm Goin' Upstairs | | • | Teachin' the Blues | | • | You Lost a Good Man | | • | Don't Turn Me from Your Door | | • | When My First Wife Quit Me | | • | Boom Boom | | • | She's Mine | | • | Frisco Blues | | • | Birmingham Blues | | • | Big Legs Tight Skirt | | • | It Serves Me Right to Suffer | | • | I'm Losin' You | | • | I Cover the Waterfront |
Disc 3
| • | One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer | | • | Let's Go out Tonight | | • | Bottle Up and Go | | • | Let's Make It | | • | King of the World | | • | I'm Bad Like Jesse James | | • | Think Twice Before You Go | | • | Mean Mean Woman | | • | Burning Hell | | • | Peavine | | • | I Got My Eyes on You | | • | Doin' the Shout | | • | Bluebird | | • | Early One Morning | | • | We'll Meet Again - John Lee Hooker, Fowler, G.K. | | • | Loving People |
Disc 4
| • | Baby Lee | | • | I'm in the Mood | | • | The Healer | | • | Mr. Lucky | | • | I Cover the Waterfront | | • | This Is Hip | | • | Bottle Up and Go | | • | Same Old Blues Again | | • | Boom Boom | | • | Chill Out (Things Gonna Change) | | • | Tupelo | | • | Kiddio - John Lee Hooker, Benton, Brook | | • | Dimples | | • | Don't Look Back | | • | Up and Down | | • | Mean Mean World | | • | Boogie Chillen' |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: HOOKER,JOHN LEE
Title: HOOKER
Street Release Date: 10/31/2006
Domestic
Genre: BLUES TRADITIONAL
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There's perfect symmetry in the way this four-disc anthology opens with a raw, solo acoustic 1948 rendition of John Lee Hooker's signature tune, "Boogie Chillen'," and then closes a half-century later with Eric Clapton teaming with Hooker on the same tune. Though the Mississippi bluesman who relocated to Detroit has been justly celebrated for his spellbinding repetitions and primal incantations, this comprehensive set shows just how much more range and depth there was to Hooker's music than basic boogie. Beyond the influential hits--"Dimples," "Boom Boom," and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" among them--the set shows his music touching on everything from religion ("Moses Smote the Water," "We're All God's Chillen") to sociopolitical commentary ("Democrat Man," "King of the World"). Even so, sensual pleasure remained his prime inspiration, and few bluesmen have made sex and liquor sound as sexy and intoxicating as Hooker did. Included are selections from his career revivals spurred by disciples (1970's teaming with Canned Heat, 1989's Grammy-winning collaborations with Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, and others), but the most powerful Hooker is the earlier stuff that cuts closest to the bone. It may be surprising that it has taken Hooker this long to be memorialized with a comprehensive box set, but when you consider how many labels he recorded for (almost all of which he outlived) and under how many different names (Texas Slim, Johnny Williams, et al.), it's quite an achievement that this set even exists. --Don McLeese
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AWESOME!!! November 4, 2008
catlover912
I had a smattering of John Lee Hooker compilations but this one shames all of them. This is like his biography done in a similar style to Eric Clapton's "Crossroads" box set. I like chronological compilations so you can hear the artist "develop". If you love raw blues and you don't have this put it on your Christmas list!!!
P.S. I think that Shout Factory is doing a good job of re-releasing some classic music such as Marshall Tucker Band albums. I bought most of these and have played them to death!!!
 hooker's hooks March 21, 2007
Mitchell Ornstein (olney, md usa)
some material is repetitive but overall a must for any blues listener or any other music listener. the nuances of his playing develope deeper with each listening. hooker, buddy guy, b.b. king--what a great cache of music we have at our eartips to listen to.
Awesome! March 13, 2007
Axle (SE Michigan USA)
This chronology of Hooker recordings is simply awesome! To walk through the progression of songs from early recordings to the present is simply mesmerizing. Some titles are repeated throughout the 4 disc set put are clearly an evolution of the artist. It is clear why he influenced so many artists, too. You can't go wrong with this set.
Hooker's the man February 25, 2007
Leigh Hibbins (Brisbane, Australia)
If you like the blues you gotta get these 4 CDs. At times the songs may seem sparse and repetitive but there is so much soul in them I can listen to them over and over again. A wonderful overview of John Lee Hooker's career. Excellent remastering.
Blues at It's Finest !!! February 21, 2007
J. Mason
This box set starts out with acoustic foot tapping blues just as you would expect but by the middle of disc 2 it really picks up.Disc 3 and 4 is John Lee Hooker at his finest.He truly was one of the best at singing and playing the blues.I would recommend this to anyone who loves the Blues.
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