John Lee Hooker: Next Steps

John Lee Hooker: Next Steps

John Lee Hooker's hypnotically thumping style was unique because he never cared for the blues tradition. Scratch beneath the classics, and you'll find bluesy rock outfitted with Latin-guitar runs on “Chill Out (Things Gonna Change),” fractured country-blues picking dipped in alien, futuristic-sounding reverb on “It's My Own Fault,” and '60s R&B spiked with sax and dripping with lust on “Let's Make It."

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