Article: John Lee Hooker: Hooker.(Can't Quit the Blues)(Sound recording review)

JOHN LEE HOOKER Hooker Shout! Factory 10198

BUDDY GUY Can't Quit the Blues Silvertone/Legacy 81967

John Lee Hooker, master bluesman and the undisputed father of the boogie beat, recorded for more than 30 labels over a span of more than fifty years. This definitive, 4-CD box set collects material chronologically from all phases of his career--from the original, foot-stomping recording of "Boogie Chillen" (an R&B chart-topper in 1948) to a version of the same song recorded exactly five decades later with Eric Clapton. Compiled by Shawn Amos and Patrick Milligan with assistance from Hooker's blues playing daughter Zakiya, the project also boasts complete ...

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