JOHN LEE HOOKER: 100 Greats (4 CDs)

Within seconds, you know you are listening to a John Lee Hooker record. The mood and the tempos may vary, but essentially John Lee Hooker had a very distinctive groove that he worked and reworked for the whole of his career. He recorded over a thousand songs, nearly all of them Delta blues. Here you will find 100 of the best and, as his first success exclaims: "Let the boy boogie woogie!"

Disc 1

1. Boom Boom
2. Boogie Chillun
3. Sugar Mama
4. I'm So Excited
5. Crawlin' King Snake
6. Catfish
7. Baby I'm Gonna Miss You
8. Rock House Boogie
9. Drug Store Woman
10. Want Ad Blues
11. No Shoes
12. Little Wheel
13. Dusty Road
14. Shake, Holler And Run
15.Whiskey And Wimmen
16. Gonna Boogie
17. Huckle Up Baby
18. No More Doggin'
19. A New Leaf
20. Baby You Ain't No Good
21. I Love You Honey
22. Lost A Good Girl
23. Let's Talk It Over
24. Apologize
25. That's My Story

Disc 2

1. Dimples
2. Shake It Baby
3. Goin' To California
4. I'll Know Tonight
5. Heart Trouble Blues
6. Maudie
7. Keep Your Hands To Yourself
8. Time Is Marching
9. Lonely Boy Boogie
10. I Wanna Walk
11. I'm A Stranger
12. I'm Goin' Upstairs
13. Mad Man Blues
14. Run On
15. Tupelo Blues
16. Union Station Blues
17. You're Looking Good Tonight
18. Bad Boy
19. Dreamin' Blues
20. Come See About Me
21. Five Long Years
22. I Love You Baby
23. Ground Hog Blues
24. Hard Headed Woman
25. I'm In The Mood

Disc 3

1. Please Don't Go
2. Hug And Squeeze You
3. Weeping Willow
4. Canal Street Blues
5. Solid Sender
6. I'm A Wanderin'
7. Mean Old Train
8. Good Mornin' Lil' School Girl
9. Every Night
10. Democrat Man
11. Baby Lee
12. I Like To See You Walk
13. I'm Prison Bound
14. Sunny Land
15. Louise
16. She's Long, She's Tall, She Weeps Like A Willow Tree
17.Women And Money
18. What Do You Say
19. I Got A Letter
20. Bundle Up And Go
21. I Want To Talk About You
22. Late Last Night
23. Thelma
24. Pea Vine Special
25. I'm Gonna Kill That Woman

Disc 4

1. Hobo Blues
2. I Need Some Money
3. Walkin' The Boogie
4. Before Sunrise
5. Devil's Jump
6. Leave My Wife Alone
7. Tennessee Blues
8. How Long Blues
9. Queen Bee
10. Bluebird
11. Black Snake
12. Behind The Plow
13. Down Child
14. Talkin' Boogie
15. Worried Life Blues
16. I Can't Believe
17. Hey Boogie
18. I'm Mad Again
19. My First Wife Left Me
20. The Syndicate
21. Hey Baby
22. Wandering Blues
23. Ramblin' By Myself
24. Good Rockin' Mama
25. Burnin' Hell