1961
BOOM BOOM * JOHN LEE HOOKER * STATESIDE 203 * UK
Released in the USA on Vee Jay 438 with a different flip, this cut became one of the most enduring Blues tunes synonymous with the British Mods. Although he had had two 78 RPM discs issued in the UK a decade before, they never clicked the way this did when it was released in Britain during 1963, two years after the Vee Jay issue. It may have been something to do with the backing, on the earlier British releases John Lee Hooker is presented in the traditional Blues format - singing and accompanying himself on guitar - Boom Boom has John Lee Hooker singing and playing guitar but also backed by saxes, piano, guitar, bass and drums.
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