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.  Whiskey and Wimmen is also a double album, and it presents a wide variety of John Lee Hooker recordings.  Several other John Lee Hooker retrospective double albums have come out under this title over the years, probably with some variations in the songlist.