Random Music: John Lee Hooker

On June 21, 2001, the great blues musician John Lee Hooker passed away. So, I thought it would be fitting to do my weekend music post about him.

Although he was born in the Mississippi Delta in 1917, John Lee Hooker's music career didn't start until he was living in Detroit in the late 1940s. He had his first hit in 1948, with the song "Boogie Chillen." As with any other blues musician, Hooker certainly had talent with the guitar. What made Hooker unique was his vocal style, a combination of singing and talking that made him sound somewhat like a storyteller.

"Boogie Chillen"



"Boom Boom"



"One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"