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JOHN LEE HOOKER, AT 83; BLUES LEGEND, ROCK INFLUENCE
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Blues legend John Lee Hooker, whose signature boogie beat
influenced rock acts from the Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, and the
J. Geils Band to Bonnie Raitt and Eric Clapton, died yesterday at his
home in Los Altos, Calif., near San Francisco. He was 83.
Born in Clarksville, Miss., as one of 10 children of a Baptist
minister, Mr. Hooker made more than 100 albums during his career. He
wrote such blues standards as "Boogie Chillen," "Boom Boom,"
"Dimples," and "One Scotch, One Bourbon, On...
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John Lee Hooker's 'Diamonds': A Rare Gem
The Washington Post
; John Lee Hooker melded the raw intimacy of acoustic Delta blues with the kinetic thrust of urban postwar electric blues as well as any musician who ever lived. With his stark, single-chord "boogie" guitar lines and his dark, deep-toned, talk-sung vocals, he created a sound that was immediately
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John Lee Hooker can still set the mood for that boogie thing
Chicago Sun-Times
; VALLEJO, Calif. This oil refinery town in the port of San Pablo, about a half-hour northeast of San Francisco, is an unusual place to tap the kerosene legend of boogie bluesman John Lee Hooker. The tidy streets of the hilly subdivision in which Hooker lives are lined with homes wearing bright
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Comment: Monday Book - Woke up with those mean old 20th-century blues Boogie Man: The adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century by Charles Shaar Murray (Viking, pounds 17.99)
The Independent - London
; THE JOHN Lee Hooker story is, it seems, the triumph of age over experience, and for that let all of us over the age of 25 rejoice. The pop-cult obsession with youth, currently at its fiercest for a decade, has no answer to this cumulative career story in which repetition of the same riffs and songs
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JOHN LEE HOOKER'S MOJO STILL WORKING AFTER 50 YEARS.(Entertainment)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; The latest album from venerable bluesman John Lee Hooker boasts an all-star cast of collaborators: Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Van Morrison. But there's one notable absence from Hooker's wish list of friends on this celebration of his half-century in the music business. ``There
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Obituary: John Lee Hooker
The Independent - London
; The sinister and powerful blues of John Lee Hooker came as a welcome shock to British jazz listeners in the early Fifties, writes Steve Voce. The dark, iron-clad sound of the voice and the strange, plangent electric guitar (Hooker was never one to trouble himself about chords) were thrillingly
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John Lee Hooker, Then and Now, CBS
CBS News Sunday Morning
; ... And, as Allison Stewart tells us, Hooker just now seems to be getting his second wind. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ALLISON STEWART, CBS NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): With his black glasses, sharp suit, and trademark fedora, he is an icon. From the first chord to ...
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 "Morning Edition (NPR)")
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Profile: Blues man John Lee Hooker dies at the age of 83
Morning Edition (NPR)
; 00-00-0000 Profile: Blues man John Lee Hooker dies at the age of 83 Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 10:00-11:00 AM (Soundbite of music) Mr. JOHN LEE HOOKER: (Singing) Ow, ow, ow, ow. Whoa. BOB EDWARDS, host: John Lee Hooker, who carried on the Mississippi Delta blues tradition and handed it down to younger
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Hooker boogies on // With roots firmly planted, those feet keep jumping
Chicago Sun-Times
; John Lee Hooker has perfected the art of the phone interview. After excusing himself to summon an unidentified friend for a cup of coffee, he returns and admits that he's lying in bed at the moment. He then launches into a discourse about his San Francisco Bay area investments. "I like to invest in
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 "All Things Considered (NPR)")
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Profile: John Lee Hooker dies at 83 years old
All Things Considered (NPR)
; 00-00-0000 Profile: John Lee Hooker dies at 83 years old Host: NOAH ADAMS Time: 8:00-9:00 PM (Soundbite of music) NOAH ADAMS, host: We learned this evening that an American musical legend has died: John Lee Hooker. He influenced generations of guitar players with his blues music. He's said to be a
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Hooker Redemption songs Once down and out, John Lee Hooker Jr. is back in the spotlight, with his own music and his father's legacy
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
; John Lee Hooker Jr. follows the path blazed by his father but knows better than to try and fill his shoes. John Lee Hooker, after all, was one of the greatest bluesmen ever to walk the Earth, the author of such classics as "Boom Boom," "Boogie Chillen" and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer." "I'm
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