Results for John Lee HookerBlues musician John Lee Hooker helped to define the electric blues with his one-chord boogie compositions and his rhythmic electric guitar work. He is also known for his inimitable deep voice. Hooker was one of the links between the blues and rock and roll. One of eleven children, Hooker sang in church, and his first musical instrument was an inner tube stretched across a barn door. He moved to Detroit, where his career eventually took root. He toured Europe and England widely in the sixties and recorded and toured extensively with Britain's Groundhogs in the mid-sixties. In 1991 Hooker was inducted into the rock and Roll Hall of Fame; he died on June 22, 2001, at the age of 80.“more
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by David MacFadden-Elliott•February 18, 2009•
"That’s the greatest thing, taking a two-minute Muddy Waters song and stretching it into another form entirely."
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by Matt Clevenger•January 28, 2009•
Born in working-class Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England during World War II, Burdon says he first fell in love with American blues and rock after a chance encounter with Muddy Waters, who was in Europe on tour with the Chris Barber Jazz Band. “In the heart of my hometown there’s the city hall,” he explains. “It’s the premier performance place in North East England. One summer’s eve, I was coming home from exams to enter art school, and the doors leading to the stage
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by j. poet•January 14, 2009•
"it’s often hard to believe that three musicians are creating all the music you’re hearing"
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by Denise Sullivan•September 3, 2008•
Before the shame of "Boogie Oogie Oogie", the boogie had seen some very good years—from the roaring ’20s and the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, up till the ’70s when consummate rocker Marc Bolan of T. Rex claimed he was Born to Boogie.
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by Steve Matteo•August 27, 2008•
"he does what he does best: Playing straightforward, tried and true authentic electric blues"
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3/8/2008
GEORGE THOROGOOD gets bad to the bone in Houston on 3/13/08:
George Thorogood has a theory.
"In any field,...
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7/25/2006
Thanks for including the Bloomfield and Friends version of "Born in Chicago." For those who want a little background:...
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