VA - ABC of the Blues The Ultimate Collection from the Delta to the Big Cities (Discs 7-13)

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001 ) was a highly influential American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally a unique brand of country blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was metrically free. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie piano style and a driving rhythm into his blues guitar playing and singing. His best known songs include "Boogie Chillen'" (1948 ), "I'm in the Mood" (1951) and "Boom Boom" (1962), the first two reaching R&B #1 in the Billboard charts.

01 John Lee Hooker - Dimples
02 John Lee Hooker - I'm in the Mood
03 John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen'
04 John Lee Hooker - Let Your Daddy Ride
05 John Lee Hooker - John L's House Rent Boogie
06 John Lee Hooker - Weeping Willow Boogie
07 John Lee Hooker - Huckle Up Baby
08 John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues
09 John Lee Hooker - Crawlin' King Snake
10 John Lee Hooker - Sally Mae

Wynonie Harris

Wynonie Harris (August 24, 1915[2] – June 14, 1969), born in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. With fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952, Harris is generally considered one of rock and roll's forerunners, influencing Elvis Presley among others. He was the subject of a 1994 biography by Tony Collins.

11 Wynonie Harris - Around the Clock Pt. 1 & 2
12 Wynonie Harris - Yonder Goes My Baby
13 Wynonie Harris - Don't Take My Whiskey Away from Me
14 Wynonie Harris - Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
15 Wynonie Harris - Time to Change Your Town
16 Wynonie Harris - You Got to Get Yourself a Job, Girl
17 Wynonie Harris - Oh Babe!
18 Wynonie Harris - Luscious Woman
19 Wynonie Harris - Stormy Night Blues
20 Wynonie Harris - Git to Gittin' Baby