Label: BMG

Reissued 7/25/2025, Originally released 1992

Following his late-career resurgence with 1989's The Healer, John Lee Hooker stepped into Russian Hill Recording in San Francisco and the Record Plant in Sausalito to reimagine some of his most iconic songs, including "Boom Boom," which lends this album it's title. A star-studded lineup of contemporary blues greats joined the sessions, including Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Cray, and Albert Collins.

Track listing:

1. Boom Boom
2. I'm Bad Like Jesse James
3. Same Old Blues Again
4. Sugar Mama
5. Trick Bag (Shoppin' for My Tombstone)
   
6. Boogie at Russian Hill
7. Hittin' the Bottle Again
8. Bottle Up & Go
9. Thought I Heard
10. I Ain't Gonna Suffer No More