John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom

Description

Release Date 25th July 2025

Following his late-career resurgence with 1989’s The Healer, John Lee Hooker stepped into Russian Hill Recording in San Francisco and The Record Plant in Sausalito to reimagine some of his most iconic songs, including “Boom Boom,” which lends this album its title. A star-studded lineup of contemporary blues greats joined the sessions, including Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Cray, and Albert Collins.

LP TRACKLIST:

Side A

1. Boom Boom (feat. Jimmie Vaughan)

2. I’m Bad Like Jesse James

3. Same Old Blues Again (feat. Robert Cray)

4. Sugar Mama

5. Trick Bag (Shoppin’ for My Tombstone)

Side B

1. Boogie at Russian Hill (feat. Albert Collins)

2. Hittin’ the Bottle Again

3. Bottle Up and Go

4. Thought I Heard (feat. Charlie Musselwhite)

5. I Ain’t Gonna Suffer No More

CD TRACKLIST:

1. Boom Boom (feat. Jimmie Vaughan)

2. I’m Bad Like Jesse James

3. Same Old Blues Again (feat. Robert Cray)

4. Sugar Mama

5. Trick Bag (Shoppin’ for My Tombstone)

6. Boogie at Russian Hill (feat. Albert Collins)

7. Hittin’ the Bottle Again

8. Bottle Up and Go

9. Thought I Heard (feat. Charlie Musselwhite)

10. I Ain’t Gonna Suffer No More

11. Dimples (Bonus Track)

12. Ain’t No Love In This House (Bonus Track)