John Lee Hooker

Whiskey & Wimmen

VEE-JAY/UNIVERSAL. CD/DL

Succinct 16-song entry level comp, subtitled Finest, marks 100 years since the inimitable bluesman’s birth. From 1956’s Dimples via Boogie Chillun and Crawlin’ Kingsnake (both ’59) to ’61’s Boom Boom and It Serves Me Right (’64). Blues genius.