Boogie Chillen'

Boogie Chillen'

Infobox Single
Name = Boogie Chillen'


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = John Lee Hooker
from Album =
A-side =
B-side = "Sally May"
Released = November 3, 1948
Format =
Recorded = 1948, United Sound Studios, Detroit
Genre = Electric blues
Length =
Label = Modern
20-627
Writer = John Lee Hooker
Producer =
Certification =
Last single =
This single ="Boogie Chillen'"
(1948)
Next single ="Hobo Blues"
(1949)
Misc ="Boogie Chillen'" is an Electric blues song written by John Lee Hooker. It is considered one of the genre's most important and influential recordings

Origins

Hooker moved to Detroit in 1943, attracted by well-paying factory work. Taking up residence in Detroit's east side, he found a position as a janitor at Chrysler. After work, he would take in the sights and sounds of Hastings Street, the cultural center of the city's black community, called Paradise Valley. The scores of blues and jazz clubs, many of which Hooker would eventually play in, would influence the lyrics of "Boogie Chillen'".

The recording

Hooker presented the song to local record store owner and producer Bernard Besman. Liking what he heard, Besman brought Hooker to United Sound Studios, located at 5840 2nd Ave. in Detroit, to record the track. The arrangement is sparse, featuring Hooker's twangy electric guitar, raspy stuttering voice, and tapping foot keeping the beat.

On November 3, 1948, "Boogie Chillen'" was released nationally on the Los Angeles-based Modern Records label, coupled with "Sally May," as Modern 20-627. The former entered the Billboard R&B chart in January 1949, staying for 18 weeks and peaking at #1.

Cover versions

Hard rock band Led Zeppelin incorporated an expanded, rockabilly version of "Boogie Chillen'" into their "Whole Lotta Love" medley, and played the song at virtually every show between 1970 and 1973, as well as one of the 1979 Knebworth concerts and a few times on their 1980 tour of Europe. Performances can be heard on "BBC Sessions" and "How the West Was Won". On the "Led Zeppelin DVD", the song can be heard during the How Many More Times medley on their 1970 Royal Albert Hall performance.

The re-recording of "Boogie Chillen'" as "Boogie Chillen' #2", was released in July 1950, but is most commonly heard on Canned Heat and John Lee's collaborative album "Hooker 'N' Heat" was the basis of the boogie style famously used by ZZ Top on their signature song "La Grange" and was the subject of a lawsuit in 1995.

Buddy Guy and Junior Wells did a cover of the song on the album "Alone & Acoustic" (1981).

American rock group The White Stripes also covered the song while on tour promoting their fifth studio album "Get Behind Me Satan".

Van Morrison and Linda Gail Lewis covered this song as the final track on their 2000 album You Win Again.

Media appearances

The song appeared in 1980 musical/comedy movie "Blues Brothers".

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:hpfwxxu0ldde Song Review] at Allmusic

References

cite web
title = La Cienega Music Co. v. ZZ Top
url = http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/law/library/cases/case_lacienegazztop.html


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