John Lee Hooker - Will The Circle Be Unbroken

This is very cool, one of my favorite bluesmen, doing one of my favorite Gospel Blues songs.  Makes me wish I had found this sooner.  Just goes to show you that you have to keep digging the find all the great music that's out there.

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John Lee Hooker - Stand Up Blues Overdye T-Shirt

John Lee Hooker wails in a stylized 1966 primary colors photo graphic on the front of this premium grey, 100% cotton t-shirt. Presented by and featuring a photograph by legendary rock photographer Jim Marshall, with distressed overdye print and soft, reinforced construction for authentic vintage style and quality, this is a a truly stunning tee for fans of the legendary king of the electric blues.

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John Lee Hooker Tee Shirt

John Lee Hooker - Stand Up Blues Overdye T-Shirt

John Lee Hooker wails in a stylized 1966 primary colors photo graphic on the front of this premium grey, 100% cotton t-shirt. Presented by and featuring a photograph by legendary rock photographer Jim Marshall, with distressed overdye print and soft, reinforced construction for authentic vintage style and quality, this is a a truly stunning tee for fans of the legendary king of the electric blues.

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Serves Me Right To Suffer - John Lee Hooker

Love this video, and I truly miss Mr. Hooker. I was lucky enough to see him before he passed away.

It's the Birthday of John Lee Hooker

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On this day back in 1917 John Lee Hooker, blues singer and guitarist was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He was the son of cotton-sharecroppers. He told of learning to play the blues from his stepfather and other blues men that he met in the Mississippi Delta. He is reported to have constructed his first instrument from strings made of rubber inner tube nailed to a barn. He left home and the tender age of 14, and started singing in a gospel group. In 1943 he moved to Detroit and in 1948 he made his first recording, the rhythm-and-blues hit "Boogie Chillun".



His discography is a long and varied one. He recorded more than 100 albums accompanying himself on electric guitar. His music is a mix of slow blues tunes and fast boogies, which he played as he toured throughout the United States. After Hooker was rediscovered by the white blues-rockers of the 1960's he recorded with several rock musicians and influenced many young singers and electric guitar players.


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Hooker's later popular albums include;

The Very Best Of John Lee Hooker (April 25, 1995),

Chill Out (February 21, 1995),

Live At The Cafe Au Go-Go (And Soledad Prison) [LIVE] (1996).

He won three Grammy awards and was inducted (1991) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Mr. Hooker passed away on Thursday, June 21st 2001.







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John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt I'm in the mood

Blues Quote: John Lee Hooker

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

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I Feel Like Going to Church - John Lee Hooker Burning Hell

"Don't knowbody really know..."

"Deacon Jones, please pray for me..."

"When I die, nobody can really tell..."

John Lee Hooker with Rolling Stones & Eric Clapton (HQ)

The Doors - Roadhouse Blues - John Lee Hooker & Jim Morrison ( hard rock )

Heard this on an online radio statation and had to see if there was a YouTube video of it. Too cool.

John Lee Hooker - Tupelo Blues

Did you read about the flood?
It happened long time ago, in a little country town, way back in Mississippi
It rained and it rained, it rained both night and day
The people got worried, they began to cry,
'lord have mercy, where can we go now?'

I know the story of this has him running away from home and his mother trying to find him. However if anyone out there can give a more detailed description that would be appreciated. I did see him a year before he died - still great.

The Country Blues Of John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker "Big Legs Tight Skirt"

John Lee Hooker - "I'm Going Upstairs"

The Definitive Collection

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John Lee Hooker - Chicken and Gravy

Notes from YouTube: John Lee Hooker performing at the Montreal Jazz Festival 1980.

John Lee Hooker: "Blues For Christmas"

John Lee Hooker preforming "Blues For Christmas".



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I cover the Waterfront

I don't have to choose since they are all so good in their own right. Does anyone have a particular preference or memory?

Blues Before Sunrise

Such a good track - but who do you prefer?

John Lee Hooker - sublime


or Eric Clapton - technical genius


one of our friends suggests Elmore James which can be found
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50 Cent and John Lee Hooker Mashup

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I am a believer that Hip Hop is a direct decendant of Blues music. I firmly believe that if the Bluesmen of days gone by were alive they would be rappers and that if the rappers of today lived in the 40's or 50's they would have been Bluesmen.

One of the common themes of both kinds of music is money. This mashup shows how Blues and Hip Hop intersect.

As Jay Smooth of Ill Doctrine.com points out; "Probably makes more sense if you've already watched the 50 video."

Nick of Time

"Bonnie Raitt does something with a lyric no one else can do; she bends it and twists it right into your heart."

After picking up the guitar at the age of 12, Raitt felt an immediate affinity for the blues. Signing with noted blues manager Dick Waterman, she was soon performing alongside the likes of idols including Howlin’ Wolf, Sippie Wallace, and Mississippi Fred McDowell and in time earned such a strong reputation that she was signed to Warner Bros.

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Sloth - Seven Deadly Sins

This guy is anything but lazy.



Well being chilled isn't the same as slothful - my poetic licence!

Santana feat. John Lee Hooker- Chill Out
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