The blues as hypnotic mantra music reached a sublime peak on Endless Boogie. Working with a band of rock ’n’ roll longhairs, John Lee Hooker surrounds his deep groans and singularly fractured grooves with hazy psychedelia, including watery electric piano on “Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U (Blues for Jimi and Janis)” and talking wah-wah on “Standin’ At the Crossroads”. The album’s clutch of open-ended jams, including the smoking, reverb-spiked “Endless Boogie, Pts. 27 & 28”, helps lend these recordings a loose, late-night vibe.
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- 11 Songs
Featured On
- Rod Bredin
- John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Jimmy Dawkins
- Mike Lange & Boogie Express
- Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers
- Roy Rogers