John Lee Hooker Gets the Box-Set Treatment From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: January 10, 2007| Author: It's hard to overstate the importance of blues man John Lee Hooker. He has inspired and influenced just about every rock guitari | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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01-10-2007

John Lee Hooker Gets the Box-Set Treatment

Tom Terrell Has a review of a new retrospective boxed set titled simply "Hooker." It's hard to overstate the importance of blues man John Lee Hooker. He has inspired and influenced just about every rock guitarist in the last 40 years. Now
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