John Lee Hooker
(August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001)
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
developed in Detroit.
Hooker often incorporated
other elements,
including talking blues
and early North
Mississippi hill
country blues.
He developed his own
driving-rhythm boogie style,
distinct from the
1930s–1940s
piano-derived
boogie-woogie.
Hooker was ranked 35
in Rolling Stone's
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,
including
The Healer
(1989),
Mr. Lucky
(1991),
Chill Out
(1995),
and
Don't Look Back
(1997),
were album chart successes
in the U.S.
and UK.
The Healer
(for the song
"I'm in the Mood")
and
Chill Out
(for the album)
both earned him
Grammy wins,
as well as
Don't Look Back,
which went on to earn him
a double-Grammy win
for Best Traditional
Blues Recording
and
Best Pop Collaboration
with Vocals
(with Van Morrison)
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Urban Blues
is the fourth recording by
under the
ABC recording years.
It was released in
1967
under the
ABC-Bluesway
record label,
and re-released
in 1993
under
MCA records
with bonus tracks a
nd a
different song order.
TRACKLIST
Boom Boom
Back Biters And Syndicators
Mr. Lucky
I Can't Quit You Baby
My Own Blues
I Can't Stand To Leave You
Think Twice Before You Go
Blue Monday
I'm Standing In Line
Hot Spring Water, Part I
Hot Spring Water, Part II
The Motor City Is Burning
Want Ad Blues
I'm In The Mood
Crawling King Snake
Mean Mistreatin'
How Long
I Gotta Go To Vietnam
Messin' 'Round With The Blues
Hold On Baby
Sugar Mama
Five Long Years
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