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Latest Jazz Festing in Place offers classic performances from B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Dr. John and more
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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Tagged Allen Toussaint, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Buckwheat Zydeco, Champion Jack Dupree, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Dr. John, Earl King, Fats Domino, Guitar Slim Jr., Henry Butler, Irma Thomas, John Lee Hooker, Jon Cleary, Marcia Ball, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Professor Longhair, Samantha Fish, Snooks Eaglin, Walter "Wolfman" Washington
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John Lee Hooker again proves undisputed King of the Boogie on 5-disc centennial retrospective
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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Tagged John Lee Hooker
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Home Free Blues
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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Tagged Billy Flynn, David M'ore, Delmark Records, Eric Bibb, John Lee Hooker, Linsey Alexander, Mississippi Heat, Sharon Lewis, Tom Bell, Toronzo Cannon
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Blues, Whiskey & Wimmen: John Lee Hooker centennial collection assembles some of bluesman’s finest
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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Tagged Earl Hooker, Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker
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Latest releases from daughters of the blues Shemekia Copeland, Zakiya Hooker help keep blues, fathers’ legacies alive
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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Tagged Alvin Youngblood Hart, Billy Gibbons, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Copeland, Robert Randolph, Shemekia Copeland, Zakiya Hooker
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Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite cool as all get-out on Get Up!
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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Tagged Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite, John Lee Hooker
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Fathers and Sons (and daughters too)
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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Tagged Alex Dixon, Bernard Allison, Big Bill Morganfield, Buddy Guy, Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall, Doyle Bramhall II, Elmore James, Elmore James Jr., John Lee Hooker, John Lee Hooker Jr., Johnny Copeland, Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith, Kenny Neal, Luther Allison, Magic Slim, Mud Morganfield, Muddy Waters, Nick Holt, Phil Guy, Raful Neal, Robert Nighthawk, Sam Carr, Shemekia Copeland, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Willie Dixon, Zakiya Hooker
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