John Lee Hooker (1917–2001)
Author of The Healer
About the Author
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Works by John Lee Hooker
Boogie Man 6 copies
Complete Chess folk blues sessions 3 copies
Trilogy Box Set 2 copies
Wandering Blues 2 copies
Blues 2 copies
Best of John Lee Hooker 2 copies
Definitive Collection 2 copies
For Sale 2 copies
Walking the blues (Vinyl-LP) 2 copies
Anthology - 50 Years 2 copies
The Blues 2 copies
Urban blues 2 copies
No friend around [sound recording] 2 copies
16 Greatest Hits 2 copies
Black Man Blues 1 copy
Don't Turn Me from Your Door 1 copy
Hobo blues 1 copy
Original Folk Blues 1 copy
20 Greatest Hits 1 copy
With the Groundhogs 1 copy
Burnin Hell 1 copy
House of the blues 1 copy
I'm John Lee Hooker 1 copy
Blue 2 Bonus Tracks 1 copy
Dusty Road 1 copy
Chess blues 1952-1954 1 copy
Whiskey & Wimmen 1 copy
Live at Cafe au Go-Go 1 copy
Moaning' the Blues 1 copy
Blues Varios 1 copy
Very Best Of 1 copy
The Essential Collection 1 copy
Gold Collection 1 copy
House rent boogie 1 copy
Boom Boom & Other Classics 1 copy
You're So Fine 1 copy
Very Best Of 1 copy
Burnin' Hell 1 copy
Folklore of John Lee Hooker 1 copy
Revue Collection 1 copy
...and seven nights LP 1 copy
Burnin'/Travelin' [Vinyl LP] 1 copy
Tantalizing With the Blues 1 copy
The Best of Big City Blues 1 copy
John Lee Hooker: Portrait 1 copy
TANTALIZING WITH THE BLUES 1 copy
Helpless blues 1 copy
Blues Man 1 copy
In Memorium 1 copy
Half a Stranger 1 copy
The Healer 180g 33RPM LP 1 copy
Ultimate Jazz & Blues Series 1 copy
Alone, Volume 2 1 copy
Anthology 1 copy
Too Much Boogie 1 copy
My story is blues 1 copy
Simply The Truth 1 copy
Live at Sugarhill 1 copy
Associated Works
Murder Ballads: 15 Original Tracks That Inspired Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (2017) — Contributor — 3 copies
Best of the Blues 1957-1968 [sound recording] — Contributor — 1 copy
Great Bluesmen at Newport [sound recording] — Contributor — 1 copy
American Folk Blues Festival : 'Sixty Two to 'Sixty Five [sound recording] — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1917-08-22
- Date of death
- 2001-06-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
- Place of death
- Los Altos, California, USA
- Occupations
- musician
singer
songwriter - Short biography
- Farouche individualiste de l'expression profane afro-américaine, John Lee Hooker en est l'une des plus fascinantes personnalités. Né dans le Delta du Mississippi en 1917, il est plongé dès son enfance dans la tradition, essentielle et féconde qui, partie de la terre, engendra les formes citadines de blues moderne les plus dures, les plus exigeantes. Sa forme d'expression musicale, quasi-répétitive, qui ignore volontairement harmonies occidentales et adaptations formelles, sa façon de tirer des riffs obsédants de sa guitare, de s'en servir presque comme d'un instrument de percussions, sa manière de chanter de sa voix sombre, chaude, magnifique, de crier ou de murmurer, sont autant d’éléments qui, placés dans le contexte urbain de la civilisation industrielle, en font l’un des créateurs irréductibles de la vie musicale américaine. (Guide Akaï du disque 1983 : Disques Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock, p. 259)
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Statistics
- Works
- 182
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 497
- Popularity
- #49,748
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 10
- ISBNs
- 29
- Favorited
- 1
Recorded At – Aula Universität Köln (Released 1978)
Bass – Roger Brouse
Drums – Ken Swank
Guitar – Jim Kahr, John Lee Hooker