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On Wednesday Classic John Lee Hooker Show Coming To DVD was a top story. Read More

Classic John Lee Hooker Show Coming To DVD

On Saturday, July 6, 1974, Mississippi-Delta bluesman John Lee Hooker was one of the star attractions at an all-day festival attended by 6,000 people. Read More

No one, absolutely no one in the history of blues music has performed with a better growl than the one John Lee Hooker displays at various intervals during the legendary Boom Boom. The song of course featured in the film The Blues Brothers , but the song was originally release nearly 20 years before the film. Read More

Welcome to our first-ever Greatest Guitarist poll, where 128 guitarists go head to head, round by round, in a bracketed format, all to crown your choice for the Greatest Guitarist of All Time. We filled 124 of 128 slots with the names of a host of incredible guitarists (dead and living) — players chosen for their technical ability as well as their importance and creativity, not to mention how influential they've been. Read More

Blues Quote: John Lee Hooker

Blues Quote: I Thought So... Michael Messer- Delta Guitar And She Could Be Jiving Too... Read More

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He was beloved worldwide as the king of the endless boogie, a genuine blues superstar whose droning, hypnotic one-chord grooves... Read the full John Lee Hooker bio.

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