John Lee Hooker

I am a believer that Hip Hop is a direct decendant of Blues music. Read More

To be sure, JLH is a well-known figure in American blues and rock, but I'm not sure how many folks are familiar with his solo stuff and how interesting and moving it is. Read More

The Boulder Blues series at Boulder Station presents John Lee Hooker Jr. performing live at the Railhead. Read More

Thanks to the star guests on albums such as The Healer and Mr Lucky, John Lee Hooker sold more records in the final decade of his life than he had in the previous 40 years. Read More

Picture the wooden shack stove and pull up a rocking chair for this splendid reissue of 1959's disc, augmented with a different take on "I'm So Worried Baby" and a chilled-out "Unfriendly Woman". Read More

Thanks to the star guests on albums such as The Healer and Mr Lucky, John Lee Hooker sold more records in the final decade of his life than he had in the previous 40 years. Read More

Skip 45 years, during which the boogie woogie had poured out, and the same simplicity – guitar, voice, foot-tap – animates a spine-shivering "Tupelo", his account of the 1927 Mississippi flood. Read More

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Skip 45 years, during which the boogie woogie had poured out, and the same simplicity – guitar, voice, foot-tap – animates a spine-shivering "Tupelo", his account of the 1927 Mississippi flood. Read More

Thanks to the star guests on albums such as The Healer and Mr Lucky, John Lee Hooker sold more records in the final decade of his life than he had in the previous 40 years. Read More