John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker plays at the first Montreal jazz festival (1980)

May 10, 1980 - John Lee Hooker plus the Coast to Coast Blues Band will share the bill of the first Montreal jazz festival with several other bluesmen at CEPSUM,...

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John Lee Hooker records the first songs featured in his ‘House Of The Blues’ album on Chess (1952)

John Lee Hooker's 'House of the Blues' is an album compiling tracks recorded from April 26, 1951 till late 1952 and released in 1959 by ChessTrack Listing : 1.Walkin' The...

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Carlos Santana sits in with John Lee Hooker at the Fillmore (1997)

March 7, 1997 - Carlos Santana and Charlie Musselwhite will sit in with John Lee Hooker at Fillmore in San Francisco

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John Lee Hooker records with Sam Jones and Louis Hayes, ‘That’s My Story’ for Riverside (1960)

John Lee Hooker's 'That's My Story' is a studio album recorded on February 9, 1960 with Sam Jones & Louis Hayes (the rhythm section from Cannonball Adderley) and released the...

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John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat release their collaboration album : ‘Hooker ‘n Heat’ (1971)

'Hooker 'n Heat' by John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat is a double album (the last to feature Alan Wilson) released on January 15, 1971 by Liberty / Elektra. Track...

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John Lee Hooker meets Ry Cooder (1992)

October 10, 1992 - John Lee Hooker and Ry Cooder team up for "All Our Colors - The Good Road Concert," a benefit to help Native American Indians at Shoreline...

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John Lee Hooker releases ‘The Healer’ recorded with Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Musselwhite, Los Lobos and Carlos Santana as guests (1989)

John Lee Hooker's 'The Healer' is an album featuring collaborations with Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Musselwhite, Los Lobos and Carlos Santana and released in September 1989 by Chameleon.Track listing : 1.The...

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John Lee Hooker performs at Newport Jazz (1991)

August 17, 1991 - John Lee Hooker brings his blues at "Newport Jazz Festival" in Newport, RI

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John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana & Etta James are at Fillmore West (1986)

July 18, 1986 - John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana & Etta James team up at Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA

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John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt duet for Mandela (1990)

June 30, 1990 - John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt perform together at Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Oakland, CA)

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We remember John Lee Hooker. ‘Boom Boom Hooker’

This day (June 21, 2001), in Los Altos, California, died John Lee Hooker, an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Tracklist : 1 . Boom Boom (1966) 2 . w/ Robert Cray...

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Peggy Lee records ‘Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee,’ a live album for Capitol (1961)

'Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee' is a live album arranged by Jack Marshall, recorded on February 9 & March 8, 1961 and released the same year by...

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We remember Johnny Winter. ‘Johnny Was Good’

This day (July 16, 2014), in Zurich (Switzerland), died John Dawson 'Johnny' Winter III a.k.a. Johnny Winter American blues guitarist and singer.Tracklist : 1 . Dust My Broom (2012) 2...

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Clapton & The Bluesmen

Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, George Benson, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Dr. John, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Johnnie Johnson, Keith Richards, Carl Perkins, Robert Cray, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmie...

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This month In Blues Legends 02/12

James Blood Ulmer, Vernon Reid, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Louisiana Red, Taj Mahal, Eric Bibb, Sonny Terry, Brownie Mcghee, Magic Slim, Memphis Slim, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Albert King, Keb'...

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Hip-Hop & Soul N°242 – Vintage 90s Music Videos

Snoop Dogg’s "Gin and Juice" mixes laid-back G-funk vibes with sly rebellion, while Tupac’s haunting "Hail Mary" delves into faith and mortality with eerie minimalism. The Notorious B.I.G.’s reflective "Sky’s...

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This month In Blues Legends 10/12

Skip James, John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder, Peter Green, Son House, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, Bernie Marsden, Eilidh McKellar, Robben Ford, Matt Schofield,...

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This week In One-Off Collaborations 41/52

Sarah Dash & Nona Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen & Sam Moore, Smokey Robinson & Daryl Hall, Alicia Keys & John Mayer, Lana Del Rey & Chris Isaak, Michael Bublé & Chris...

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This month In Blues Legends 09/12

R L Burnside, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Robert Cray, Freddie King, Otis Rush, Eric Clapton, Luther Allison, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Copeland,...

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This week In One-Off Collaborations 35/52

Bob Dylan & Bruce Springsteen, Yolanda Adams & Joss Stone, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Michael Jackson & Barry Gibb, Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue, Gladys Knight & Lenny Kravitz,...

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