![]() ![]() This is the sound that hooked young blues aficionados on both sides of the Atlantic-the Stones and The Animals, Canned Heat, The Doors and Dylan, too. Naturally, it’s the primal early waxings that still best define Hooker’s gift to the American music lexicon: “Boogie Chillun,” “Boom Boom” and “Dimples” lead off the package because they arguably remain Hooker’s most important and durable creations. This new single-disc collection aims to corral the most essential tracks cut by the blues giant over his long career-for the Vee-Jay, Specialty, Riverside and Stax labels-onto a single CD. A scan of any online music retailer’s stock will allow you to virtually customize your choice: Whether you’d prefer an exhaustive box set or something not quite so elaborate, Hooker’s early sides or something from his later years, the choices are innumerable. You don’t exactly have to scour the world to find a decent compilation of John Lee Hooker’s key recordings. ![]()
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