John Lee Hooker

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Live at Montreux 1983

Legendary bluesman John Lee Hooker brings his boogie-style blend of R&B and delivers a blistering performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1990. Joined by the Coast to Coast Blues Band, he covers an impressive set of music from across his career.

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Live at Montreux 1990

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The Healer Comes to Boogie

John Lee Hooker (1917-2001) may have been one of the most accessible bluesmen to the rock audience. Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and based for much of his life in Detroit before relocating to Los Angeles, he created a style exemplified by "Boogie Chillen," a 1948 recording with a steady-rolling guitar rhythm that the world has come to know as the "boogie."

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