Album: Chill Out by John Lee Hooker (1995)
Genre: Blues | Mood: Passionate
Format: Album

Description: Chill Out is a 1995 album by John Lee Hooker featuring Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Charles Brown, and Booker T. Jones and produced by Roy Rogers, Santana and Hooker himself. Tracks 1 to 11 were recorded and mixed at Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco and The Plant, Sausalito, California. The album reached No.3 in the US Blues chart and was awarded Handy Award Traditional Blues Album Of The Year.

Artist Background: John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 - June 21, 2001) was a highly influential American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally a unique brand of country blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was metrically free. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre o... Part of the Mississippi, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Blues movement.

Related Artists: Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James

Music Scene: Part of the Mississippi, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Blues movement.

Tags: Blues, Passionate, 1990s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Chill Out is a 1995 album by John Lee Hooker featuring Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Charles Brown, and Booker T. Jones and produced by Roy Rogers, Santana and Hooker himself. Tracks 1 to 11 were recorded and mixed at Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco and The Plant, Sausalito, California. The album reached No.3 in the US Blues chart and was awarded Handy Award Traditional Blues Album Of The Year.

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