Chill Out (John Lee Hooker album) explained

Chill Out
Type:	Album
Artist:	John Lee Hooker
Cover:	Chill Out (John Lee Hooker album).jpg
Released:	February 21, 1995
Studio:	Russian Hill Recording Studios, San Francisco
Genre:	Blues
Label:	Point Blank Virgin 7243 8 40107 2 0
Producer:	Roy Rogers
Prev Title:	Boom Boom
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Don't Look Back
Next Year:	1997

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,^[1] and executive produced by Mike Kappus.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.

Track listing

All songs written by John Lee Hooker except where noted:

1. "Chill Out (Things Gonna Change)" (John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana, Chester D. Thompson)^[4]
2. "Deep Blue Sea"
3. "Kiddio" (Brook Benton, Clyde Otis)
4. "Medley: "Serves Me Right to Suffer" / "Syndicator"
5. "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (Rudy Toombs)
6. "Tupelo"
7. "Woman On My Mind"
8. "Annie Mae"
9. "Too Young"
10. "Talkin' the Blues"
11. "If You've Never Been in Love"
12. "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)

Notes and References

1. Billboard

   March 16, 1996, Volume 108; Number 11; page 23; "Best Traditional Blues Album John Lee Hooker Chill Out Featuring Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Charles Brown, Booker T. Jones Produced by Roy Rogers, Carlos Santana and John ..."

2. Web site: Chill Out (Things Gonna Change) - John Lee Hooker - Credits - AllMusic. AllMusic. 24 January 2018.
3. Billboard

   May 25, 1996; Volume 108; Number 21; page 47 "Pointblank Congratulates Our 1996 Handy Award Winners John Lee Hooker Chill Out Traditional Blues Album of the Year"

4. CMJ New Music Monthly, Number 20, April 1995, page 29 "The song, 'Chill Out', may shoot straight for the post-MOR VH-I crowd, but it fails to undercut the high-mindedness of Hooker's credo: 'I'll sing it for the people who feel the way I feel.'"
5. 131.