John Hooker Lee - Boogie Chillen: The Early Years 1948-1962 (Can) [LP] The Doors Caught in a Jar

Caught in a Jar

He mused: 'Today's popular music is in good shape indeed-at least the portion of it represented by this album

The story of it is longer than the piece itself-and too good to omit

James Ingram

An album like a mirror that doesn't embellish

John Hooker Lee - Boogie Chillen: The Early Years 1948-1962 (Can) [LP] The Doors Caught in a JarVinyl LP pressing. John Lee Hooker, known as "The King of the Boogie" and "the Boogie Man", was a true Blues icon. Quality rather than quantity is the key to Hooker's singular success. He did not have a huge number of hits in the R&B chart, but those that did make a major impact would provide some of the key musical architecture for future blues and rock artists. When he came to prominence in the late '40s, he was playing blues in a way that was