John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker created a deeply personal, hypnotic solo blues style rooted in the Mississippi Delta that was so rhythmically primitive and powerful that even his early 1948 recordings sound modern. His Boogie Chillen sold over 1 million copies when released on Modern Records in 1948, and he continued recording acclaimed albums through his 1989 Grammy-winning collaboration The Healer with Carlos Santana and Los Lobos.