John Lee Hooker – Whiskey and Wimmen (1973):  John Lee Hooker is one of the better-known blues guitarists, with a distinctive gravelly voice and a primitive style; and he is admired by American and British musicians alike.  Hooker’s recording output is nothing short of massive, beginning in the late 1940’s; he often worked with several record labels at the same time.  One of his songs was a minor American pop hit, “Boom Boom”; the Animals released a cover version of “Boom Boom” that outsold Hooker’s original while also giving his version a higher profile.  His highwater mark in record sales was a double album called Hooker ’n Heat (1971) that John Lee Hooker made with the American blues-rock band Canned Heat.