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The last swamp boogie
John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillun" was the first song that he learned to play on guitar. He was about 20, his name was Cornelius Green III and he was living in his native town of Donaldsonville (Louisiana), some 40 kms south of Baton Rouge, on the West bank of the Mississippi river, a town famous for being the first in the US to elect an African-American mayor following the Civil War, in 1868.
Very young he was working with his family in the cane fields. At the age of 18, he moved to New Orleans where he worked in various jobs for a couple of years before returning home in 1948 when, inspired by Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, he began taking guitar lessons from a cousin.
Very young he was working with his family in the cane fields. At the age of 18, he moved to New Orleans where he worked in various jobs for a couple of years before returning home in 1948 when, inspired by Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, he began taking guitar lessons from a cousin.