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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 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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by Denise Sullivan•August 13, 2008•
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and teller of tall tales, Gramps has spent a lifetime plundering the treasures of the old world, told and untold, ever since he was a young man—probably the youngest person on the planet to have ever gone by the sobriquet Gramps (that's where the Baby comes in). These days, as back then, he keeps alive early 20th century standards like "Teddy Bears' Picnic", "St. James Infirmary", and "Big Rock Candy Mountain" along with lesser-known
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by Denise Sullivan•July 9, 2008•
The list of rock figures who bowed to Diddley is quite simply too long and insane to mention, though my three favorites are the Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, and the Clash.
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by Denise Sullivan•June 4, 2008•
Recorded for the band's 1969 self-titled debut, "I Wanna Be Your Dog" is right up there with "Sweet Jane" and "I'm Waiting For the Man", songs once considered required learning
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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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