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John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 [1] or 1917 [4] [5] – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper , he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues that he developed in Detroit .
Don't Look Back is an album released by blues singer-songwriter John Lee Hooker in 1997 that was co-produced by Van Morrison and Mike Kappus. [3] Van Morrison also performed duets with Hooker on four of the tracks. [4] The album was the Grammy winner in the Best Traditional Blues Album category in 1998.
In 1995, John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of "The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". [30] It was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 2009 in the "Classics of Blues Recording" category. [7] A Detroit Free Press poll in 2016 ranked the song at number 37 in "Detroit's 100 Greatest ...
Mr. Lucky is a 1991 album by American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lee Hooker.Produced by Ry Cooder, Roy Rogers and Carlos Santana under the executive production of Mike Kappus, the album featured musicians including Keith Richards, Blues Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Winter; and three inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Van Morrison, Booker T. Jones and Johnnie Johnson.
That's My Story is a studio album by American blues musician John Lee Hooker, released in April or May 1960 on Riverside Records. [1] [2] The album was recorded in one session on February 9, 1960 at Reeves Sound Studio in New York City. [3]
John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer and guitarist who recorded from 1948 to 2001. His discography includes recordings issued by various record companies in different formats. His discography includes recordings issued by various record companies in different formats.
The Healer is a blues album by John Lee Hooker, released in 1989 by Chameleon. The album features collaborations with Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Musselwhite, Los Lobos and Carlos Santana, among others. The album was a critical and commercial success and was important for Hooker's later career.
AllMusic reviewer Alex Henderson stated: "Joined by a full band that includes two other guitarists, John Lee Hooker is passionately rockin' on this live date recorded at The Keystone in Palo Alto, California in 1977. Hooker has always been known for taking quite a few liberties with his material, something that could easily throw some musicians ...