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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
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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 not trying to fill my Dad's
shoes," Hooker said during a telephone interview. "I'm out here just
carrying the torch he left with me. People say they don't know if
it's a blessing or a curse or if it...
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New gig for John Lee Hooker
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A ballad for bluesman John Lee Hooker
New Pittsburgh Courier
; A ballad for bluesman John Lee Hooker I'm gonna get "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" so I can pour a libation to blues man John Lee Hooker. He died in his sleep at his home south of San Francisco on June 21. He was 83. His blues were down-home country blues, born, like him, in the Mississippi
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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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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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John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me.(Video Recording Review)
Video Store
; John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me Street May 18 Eagle Rock, Music, $24.98 DVD only, NR. Finally a rockumentary that understands that musicians speak best through their music, even ones as gifted with words as blues legend John Lee Hooker. For all those tired of watching performances cut short
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Arts: Talking 'bout my generation In writing his life of John Lee Hooker, Charles Shaar Murray found the story of the bluesman's long, hard road became part of a greater history. But can the real truth ever be told?
The Independent - London
; It is now almost a decade since John Lee Hooker, the Mississippi- born, Detroit-ripened blues singer, became the world's unlikeliest superstar and its longest-delayed overnight success, slamming into the album charts with guest-star-laden albums like The Healer and Mr Lucky and even, one miraculous
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HEAR TODAY A DAUGHTER REMEMBERS JOHN LEE HOOKER.(U)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Fred Shuster Music Critic John Lee Hooker, master bluesman and undisputed father of boogie, recorded for more than 30 labels over 50 years, but never had a definitive career box set. That changes today with the release of ``Hooker'' (Shout! Factory; $59.98), an 84-track, four-CD set that
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Obituary: John Lee Hooker
The Independent - London
; "WHEN ADAM and Eve first saw each other, that's when the blues started. No matter what anybody says, it all comes down to the same thing: a man and a woman, a broken heart and a broken home - you know what I mean?" John Lee Hooker's anecdote about the origin of the blues appeared on the sleeve
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John Lee Hooker Gets the Box-Set Treatment
All Things Considered (NPR)
; ... you strut up and down the floor. When you talking to me that baby talk. I like it like that. Woah, yeah. MICHELE NORRIS, host: You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. Copyright 2005 National Public Radio, Inc.. All rights reserved.
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John Lee Hooker defined the blues.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; Lots of legends have poured their hearts into the blues during the last 60 years, taking the enduring American roots music from the ramshackle rural juke joint to the urban concert hall to the bank. But nobody owned _ or defined _ the aura of the blues more completely than John Lee Hooker, who died
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