Shout! Factory is releasing a new 4-CD box set to honor the career of master bluesman John Lee Hooker. Representing half a century of blues and boogie, the box set titled 'Hooker' features performances by Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Van Morrison, Ry Cooder, Jimmie Vaughan, Charles Brown and Los Lobos. This new collection spans his entire career; from a primitive 1948 recording of “Boogie Chillen’” to a version of the same song recorded exactly fifty years later with Eric Clapton.
“I hope this set will introduce John Lee Hooker to a new generation of fans, and reintroduce him to those who might have forgotten,” says Shout! Factory A&R head Shawn Amos. “It shows how much gravitas he held in his presence, and even in a single note of his playing.”My introduction to John Lee Hooker was through my favorite boogie band Canned Heat, who recorded a double album with him called 'Hooker n Heat' in 1971. One of their best albums!
Zakyia Hooker, John Lee Hooker’s daughter, adds, “I think this is phenomenal, to have all of my father’s music pulled together. It cuts through a really wide swath of music, from music recorded at a 1949 house party and an old acoustic spiritual, to his later music. The music was all over the place until Shout! Factory pulled it together for the edification of everyone – and they did so in a beautiful package. My father would have been smiling.” Source: www.shoutfactory.com
This new box set comes out October 31st from Shout! Factory.
"Boom Boom" WinMedia : QuickTime
"Boogie Chillen'" (featuring Eric Clapton) WinMedia : QuickTime
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