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John Lee Hooker’s Chill Out returns as a special RSD Black Friday release, available at independent record stores on November 28, 2025.

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Hooker’s classic 1995 album, this limited-edition LP pressed on blue vinyl honors a landmark in Blues history.

Winner of the W.C. Handy Award for Traditional Blues Album of the Year, Chill Out features unforgettable collaborations with legendary artists including Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Charles Brown, and Booker T. Jones.

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This Halloween… the Boogie Man is taking over.

John Lee Hooker’s haunting Blues are creeping through the night... raw riffs, stomping beats, and that growl echoing from the shadows.

Turn off the lights, turn up the volume… and let the Boogie Man move you. 🎃

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Around this time in 1971, Hooker and Van Morrison hit Wally Heider Recording Studios in San Francisco.

They were recording the 1972 album NEVER GET OUT OF THESE BLUES ALIVE, where Morrison duets and performs with The Hook on the title track and “T.B. Sheets.”

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John Lee would “boogie-woogie anyhow.”

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Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf. Two giants who carried the Blues to the world stage.

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Around this time in 1974, John Lee Hooker took the stage at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival In Exile in Windsor, Ontario.

Surrounded by legends like B.B. King and Albert Collins, Hooker brought Detroit Blues across the river for an unforgettable performance.

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The new John Lee Hooker embroidered corduroy hat is now available.

This beige staple features a clean embroidered logo on the front and an adjustable fit - an everyday essential.

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“My style is all to myself.” -John Lee Hooker

Blues ran through everything Hooker did… from his signature sound to his signature style.

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📸: On this day in 1981.

John Lee Hooker and Johnny Winter posed backstage at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco.

The two “Johnnys” were close friends and even shared festival bills and jammed on occasion during the Blues festival circuit in the ’80s and ’90s.

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The King of the Boogie and the Soul Queen of New Orleans. 👑

📸: Hooker and Irma Thomas pictured together on this day in 1990.

“If someone had told me when I was six years old, in the middle of the strawberry patch, dancing and singing Boogie Chillen, that I’d ever be on the same stage with John Lee Hooker!” -Irma Thomas

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