Tag Archives: John Lee Hooker

Latest Jazz Festing in Place offers classic performances from B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Dr. John and more

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Mike

If you didn’t tune in for the first weekend of this fall’s edition of WWOZ’s Jazz Festing in Place the past weekend (with the live, in-person version of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival once again cancelled due to … Continue reading →

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John Lee Hooker again proves undisputed King of the Boogie on 5-disc centennial retrospective

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Mike

This spring, we told you about a 16-song collection purporting to contain the finest recordings of guitarist and singer John Lee Hooker, a bold claim considering the multitude of recordings the native Mississippi bluesman made during his lifetime. As solid … Continue reading →

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Home Free Blues

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Mike

If, like us, you weren’t able to make it to Chicago earlier this month for its annual free blues festival, then let us help bring some of the Windy City to you with this latest episode of our BluesPowR Radio … Continue reading →

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Blues, Whiskey & Wimmen: John Lee Hooker centennial collection assembles some of bluesman’s finest

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Mike

When it comes to music compilations, phrases like “finest” and “the very best of” tend to leave a good deal of room for debate: no matter how great a collection may be, there are always going to be at least … Continue reading →

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Latest releases from daughters of the blues Shemekia Copeland, Zakiya Hooker help keep blues, fathers’ legacies alive

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Mike

Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of blues history will be familiar with the names – and probably at least a few of the songs – of blues masters John Lee Hooker and Johnny Clyde Copeland. But with both bluesmen … Continue reading →

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Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite cool as all get-out on Get Up!

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Mike

It may just be that we aren’t all that hip, but we have to admit we’ve never paid a whole lot of attention to Ben Harper. But when we heard last year that Harper was teaming with blues harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite on … Continue reading →

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Fathers and Sons (and daughters too)

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Mike

Last week’s post regarding Elmore James, Jr., got me to thinking about some of the other children of blues greats who are helping to keep the genre alive through their own music. A few (in no particular order) who jump to mind: Shemekia … Continue reading →

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