# The Best John Lee Hooker Guitar Solos

> The 16 best John Lee Hooker guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Boogie Chillen' (1948), then Boom Boom and One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.

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John Lee Hooker's hypnotic, one-chord boogie and stomping rhythm created a style so primal that it shaped rock, blues-rock and beyond. Rather than flashy solos, his guitar voice lives in trance-like riffs, and his late-career albums paired him with guitar heroes like Santana, Bonnie Raitt and Robert Cray.

Informed by: [uDiscover Music](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/john-lee-hooker-playlist-in-20-songs/), [Wikipedia – John Lee Hooker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lee_Hooker), [Wikipedia – John Lee Hooker discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lee_Hooker_discography)

1. [Boogie Chillen'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-boogie-chillen/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1948
2. [Boom Boom](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-boom-boom/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1962
3. [One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-one-bourbon-one-scotch-one-beer/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1966
4. [Crawlin' King Snake](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-crawlin-king-snake/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1949
5. [I'm in the Mood](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-i-m-in-the-mood/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1951
6. [Dimples](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-dimples/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1956
7. [The Healer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-the-healer/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by Carlos Santana · 1989
8. [Serves Me Right to Suffer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-serves-me-right-to-suffer/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1966
9. [Tupelo](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-tupelo/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1959
10. [Hobo Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-hobo-blues/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1949
11. [Whiskey and Wimmen'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/canned-heat-and-john-lee-hooker-whiskey-and-wimmen/) — Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1971
12. [The Motor City Is Burning](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-the-motor-city-is-burning/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1967
13. [Mr. Lucky](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-mr-lucky/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by Robert Cray · 1991
14. [Chill Out (Things Gonna Change)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-chill-out-things-gonna-change/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by Carlos Santana · 1995
15. [Burnin' Hell](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-burnin-hell/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1959
16. [Don't Look Back](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-lee-hooker-don-t-look-back/) — John Lee Hooker · solo by John Lee Hooker · 1997

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