INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – John Lee Hooker Jr., son of the blues legend John Lee Hooker, has transformed his life from one of addiction and imprisonment to redemption and faith. After spending 30 years in ...

This 1964 performance sees the bluesman get a crowd on its feet with his “I’m Leaving.” He takes on the solid blues tune with effortless precision, thumbing away on his guitar and passionately wailing ...

John Lee Hooker Jr., author of the new memoir "From the Shadow of the Blues: My Story of Music, Addiction, and Redemption", joined us to share his triumphant story of a man who was lost but found his ...

On April 3rd, Craft Recordings brings Bluesville back with AAA vinyl from John Lee Hooker and Lightnin’ Hopkins. No studio gloss, just the real work, cut straight from tape. Fondly tagged the “King of ...

It is no small compliment to state that esteemed British journalist Charles Shaar Murray's liner notes here are fully complementary to John Lee Hooker's slightly less than an hour of playing and ...

In contrast to his often (always?) irascible peer Chester Burnett, aka Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker has long been amenable to collaborations, reciprocal and otherwise. Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, ...

It’s that voice. There’s no mistaking it. John Lee Hooker didn’t really sing. Rather he moaned, howled, groaned, muttered, and mumbled as if he were wading through some deep Southern swamp at night.

If there were a way to patent a vibe, John Lee Hooker would have died a billionaire. His invention -- the blues boogie, slowed to a lurid crawl -- became part of pop's hard-wiring, a beat and mood ...

A new animated video takes Detroit’s greatest bluesman back to the scene of a signature hit. The late John Lee Hooker’s “Boom Boom” arrived Friday to mark the 60 th anniversary reissue of his album ...

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