Chill Out (John Lee Hooker album)
1995 studio album by John Lee Hooker
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Chill Out is a 1995 album by John Lee Hooker featuring Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Charles Brown, and Booker T. Jones. It was produced by Roy Rogers, Santana and Hooker himself,[2] and executive produced by Mike Kappus.[3] Tracks 1 to 11 were recorded and mixed at Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco and The Plant, Sausalito, California. The album reached No.3 in the US Blues chart and was awarded a W. C. Handy Award for Traditional Blues Album of the Year.[4] Chester D. Thompson who plays keyboards is not to be mistaken with Chester Cortez Thompson who played drums with Phil Collins, Genesis and Weather Report.
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| Chill Out | ||||
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| Released | February 21, 1995 | |||
| Venue | 36:37 | |||
| Studios | Russian Hill Recording Studios, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Labels | Point Blank Virgin 7243 8 40107 2 0 | |||
| Producer | Roy Rogers | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |    [1] |
Track listing
All songs written by John Lee Hooker except where noted:
- "Chill Out (Things Gonna Change)" (John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson)[5]
- "Deep Blue Sea"
- "Kiddio" (Brook Benton, Clyde Otis)
- "Medley: "Serves Me Right to Suffer" / "Syndicator"
- "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (Rudy Toombs)
- "Tupelo"
- "Woman On My Mind"
- "Annie Mae"
- "Too Young"
- "Talkin' the Blues"
- "If You've Never Been in Love"
- "We'll Meet Again" (Deacon Jones, G. K. Fowler)
Personnel
- John Lee Hooker - Guitar (2, 4, 5, 6, 8–11), National Steel Guitar (7) vocals (1–12)
- Carlos Santana - Guitar (1)
- Danny Caron - Guitar (3, 8)
- Van Morrison - Guitar, vocals (4)
- Roy Rogers - Guitar, (4), Slide Guitar (10, 11)
- Rich Kirch - Guitar (5)
- Billy Johnson - Guitar (9)
- Bruce Kaphan - Guitar (12)
- Benny Rietveld - Bass (1)
- Ruth Davies - Bass (3, 8)
- Mac Cridlin - Bass (4)
- Jim Guyett - Bass (5, 12)
- Chester D. Thompson - Keyboards (1)
- Charles Brown - Piano (3, 8)
- John Sanders - Piano (12)
- Booker T. Jones - Organ (5)
- Melvyn "Deacon" Jones - Organ (12)
- Gaylord Birch - Drums (1, 3, 8)
- Bowen Brown - Drums (5, 12)
- Scott Mathews - Drums (4)
- Raoul Rekow - Congas (1)
- Karl Perazzo - Timbales (1)
Chart
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[6] | 8 |
