Browsing: John Lee Hooker

Regardless of how one celebrates Halloween, most can agree that there’s always a hint of darkness in the air at this time of year.

Craft Recordings announces the launch of Bluesville Records, a new reissue series that celebrates America’s bedrock music genre, as well as the trailblazing musicians that contributed to its rich traditions.

Chess went on to put out some of the most beloved LPs in music history. Here are ten of them.

Travel to the Apex Bar in Detroit, where John got the idea for the song!

Influential album features members of the legendary Funk Brothers and includes the original recording of Hooker’s iconic blues standard “Boom Boom”

Few artists have made such an explosive comeback as John Lee Hooker did when he released ‘The Healer’ in 1989.

18-track collection includes hits by foundational R&B and rock ’n’ roll artists including Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Lloyd Price, and Roy Milton

Known to music fans around the world as the “King of the Boogie,” John Lee Hooker endures as one of the true superstars of the blues genre, the ultimate beholder of cool

“Legacy was my first venture into my songs,” Zakiya told me. “People expect me to do hard core blues, but I’m not a hard core blues person.”

Of Hooker’s innumerable recordings, the Riverside session is perhaps the truest to his Mississippi roots.