Bonnie Raitt & John Lee Hooker
I’m In The Mood
Two greats, excellent performance
Duration: 3:27
Bonnie Raitt & John Lee Hooker – I’m In The Mood
Posted by admin | Under Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker Friday Jun 5, 2009John Lee Hooker – Tupelo (1995)
Posted by admin | Under John Lee Hooker Sunday Apr 12, 2009
“Tupelo” also known as “Black Water Blues”, is a classic blues song performed by John Lee Hooker. Released on “Chill Out” album — 1995.
Duration: 3:51
John Lee Hooker – BOOM BOOM (1966)
Posted by admin | Under John Lee Hooker Thursday Dec 11, 2008
JOHN LEE HOOKER……BOOM BOOM
John Lee Hooker: Vocal, Guitar
Tom Parker: Piano
Tony McPhee: Guitar
Pete Cruickshank: Bass
Dave Boorman: Drums
Boom boom boom boom
I’m gonna shoot you right down,
right offa your feet
Take you home with me,
put you in my house
Boom boom boom boom
A-haw haw haw haw
Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
Duration: 3:11
JOHN LEE HOOKER – Bad Like Jesse James
Posted by admin | Under John Lee Hooker Saturday Jul 12, 2008
Born near Clarksdale, Mississippi on August 22, 1917 to a sharecropping family, John Lee Hooker’s earliest musical influence came from his stepfather, Will Moore. By the early 1940’s Hooker had moved north to Detroit by way of Memphis and Cincinnati. Hooker found work as a janitor in the auto factories, and at night, like many other transplants from the rural Delta, he entertained friends and neighbors by playing at “house parties”. He was “discovered” by record store owner Elmer Barbee who took him to Bernard Besman, who was a producer, record distributor and owner of Sensation Records, Besman leased some of his early Hooker recordings to Modern Records. Among Hooker’s first recordings in 1948, “Boogie Chillen” became a number one jukebox hit for Modern and his first million seller. This was soon followed by an even bigger hit with “I’m In The Mood” and other classic recordings including “Crawling Kingsnake” and “Hobo Blues.” Another surge in his career took place with the release of more than 100 songs on Vee Jay Records during the 1950’s and 1960’s. When the young bohemian audiences of the 1960’s “discovered” Hooker along with other blues originators, he and various he and others made a brief return to folk blues. Young British artist such as the Animals, John Mayall, and the Yardbirds introduced Hooker’s sound to the new and eager audiences whose admiration and influence helped build Hooker to superstar status in the mid – 60’s England. By 1970 he had moved to California and worked on several projects with rock musicians, notably Van Morrison and Canned Heat. Canned Heat modeled their sound after Hooker’s boggie and collaborated with him on several albums and tours. During the late 1970’s and much of the 1980’s, Hooker toured the U.S. and Europe steadily but grew disenchanted with recording, through his appearance in the Blues Brothers movie resulted in a heightened profile. Then, in 1989, The Healer was released to critical acclaim and sales in excess of a million copies. Today the “The King Of The Boogie” is enjoying the most successful period of his extensive career. In the past ten years Hooker’s influence has contributed to a booming interest in the blues and, notably, its acceptance by the music industry as a commercially viable entity. Hooker’s career has been a series a highlights and special events since the release of The Healer. In addition to recording his on albums Mr. Lucky, Boom Boom, Chill Out, and Don’t Look Back for Pointblank / Virgin, he contributed to recordings by B.B. King, Branford Marsalis, Van Morrison, and Big Head Todd and the Monsters and portrayed the title role in Pete Townshend’s 1989 epic, The Iron Man. His influence on younger generations has been documented on television with features on Showtime and a special edition of the BBC’s ‘Late Show’ as well as appearances on “The Tonight Show” and “Late Night With David Letterman” among many others. John Lee was invited to perform The Rolling Stones and guest Eric Clapton for their national television broadcast during The Stones’ 1989 Steel Wheels tour. In 1990, many musical greats paid tribute to John Lee Hooker with a performance at Madison Square Garden. Joining him on some or all of these special occasions were artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder, Joe Cocker, Huey Newton, Carlos Santana, Robert Clay, Mick Fleetwood, Al Cooper, Johnny Winter, John Hammond, and the late Albert Collins and Willie Dixon. Hooker’s 1991 induction into the Rock n’ Roll Hall Of Fame was fitting for the man who has influenced countless fans and musicians who have in turn influenced many more. Honors continue, with recent inductions into Los Angeles’ Rock Walk, The Bammies Walk Of Fame in San Francisco, and, in 1997, a star in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. John Lee’s style has always been unique, even among other performers of the real deep blues, few of whom remain with us today. While retaining that foundation he has simultaneously broken new ground musically and commercially. At the age of 80, John Lee Hooker received his third and fourth Grammy Awards, for Best Traditional Blues Recording (Don’t Look Back) and for Best Pop Collaboration for the song “Don’t Look Back” which Hooker recorded with his long time friend Van Morrison. This Friendship and others are celebrated on Hooker’s newest Pointblank / Virgin album, The Best Of Friends. The album also celebrates a return, exactly 50 years later, to Hooker’s first hit, Boogie Chillen and serves as a perfect bookend for Hooker’s first fifty years in the business.
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Duration : 5:20
John Lee Hooker – Hobo Blues
Posted by admin | Under John Lee Hooker Friday Jul 11, 2008
Live 1965 At American Folk Blues Festival
Duration : 0:2:42
John Lee Hooker: Boom boom
Posted by admin | Under John Lee Hooker Friday Jul 4, 2008
the video was taken in the 1960’sWhat other Blues singers have unique raspy Voices like John Lee Hooker?
Posted by admin | Under John Lee Hooker Friday Jun 13, 2008What are good Blues singers with Voices like John lee hooker?
R.L. Burnside. he’s frickin great. check out the record “too bad jim”
What are your favorite John Lee Hooker songs?
Posted by admin | Under John Lee Hooker Wednesday May 7, 2008Believe it or not, I was in Clarksdale, Miss., yesterday listening to John Lee Hooker on my car CD player and I thought I should post this question. I drove through the Crossroads, drove down John Lee Hooker Lane and went to the Delta Blues Museum. But enough of my vacation. Here’s my list: Crawlin’ King Snake Boogie Chillun Boom Boom You Know, I Know Shake It Baby One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer Huckle Up, Baby Ride Til I Die
Who is considered a classic blues artist: John Lee Hooker, Bessie Smith, Louis Jordin?
Posted by admin | Under John Lee Hooker Tuesday Apr 15, 2008That depends on they type of blues you’re talking about. Just as in jazz and ragtime, there are sub-genres, usually stylistic or geographic in nature. John Lee Hooker (1917-2001) presented a mix of delta blues and modern boogie-woogie. Bessie Smith (1894-1937), although she sang and recorded many blues tunes, would be classed more properly in a jazz-blues vein, or “vaudeville blues” along with Ma Rainey and Mamie Smith. Louis Jordan (1908-1975) was more of a rhythm and blues performer who was popular in the late 40’s and 50’s. The styles of all three performers is widely varied, and each can be called “classic” in their respective genres of blues.
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