John Lee Hooker - Classic Album Feature – Chill Out”

This week on Blues With A Feeling, we’re coming home. Our classic album feature shines a warm spotlight on John Lee Hooker’s 1995 masterpiece Chill Out — a late‑career triumph from the patron saint of this program. For thirty years, BWAF opened with his incredible song The Healer, and Hooker’s voice, groove and spirit have been the heartbeat of Monday nights ever since. Chill Out captures him in full command: relaxed, unhurried, surrounded by friends, and still summoning that deep, hypnotic pulse that shaped generations. We’ll explore the stories behind the album, the collaborations with Carlos Santana, Van Morrison, Charles Brown and Booker T. Jones, and the remarkable creative resurgence Hooker enjoyed in the final decade of his life — a run that earned him multiple Grammys and cemented his place as one of the most important musical figures of the 20th century. Alongside the feature, we’ve got three sets of brand‑new releases from across the blues world, including fresh tracks from Eric Bibb, GA‑20 with Charlie Musselwhite, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Laura Chavez, Selwyn Birchwood, Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Parlour Greens, Studebaker John & The Maxwell Street Kings, and a beautiful new one from Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band. Settle in for two hours of deep grooves, new discoveries, and a heartfelt return to the well. This is Blues With A Feeling.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.