John Lee Hooker (II)

If the School Of Rock Was Real... (163 person items)

"John Lee Hooker was a highly influential American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born: August 22, 1917, Coahoma County, USA Died: June 21, 2001, Los Altos, USA"

Remembering Stevie Ray Vaughan (30 person items)

"To me, he's one of the greatest blues singers there ever was. I'm very sad because I wish he were here. But his music will never die. He's one of the greatest blues musicians that ever picked up a guitar. The first time we met was in Austin, Texas at Antone's, and it was him and his brother, Jimmie. That was fifteen or twenty years ago, and at that time he could play tremendously. And I said, "Someday this kid's going to shake the whole world up". And he was one of the nicest people. You couldn'"

Listal's Favourite Singer (77 person items)

"3 Points"

Listal's favourite Guitarist (77 person items)

"19 Points"

Damn Right, I Got The Blues (19 person items)

" John Lee Hooker — Born in Mississippi, the youngest of 11 children, back in 1917 to a sharecropper family. His Daddy was also a preacher, and when he was just 4 yrs old, his parents split-up. His Mama married a bluesman, William Moore — a young Hooker took-up guitar, and credits his stepfather with being a major influence on him musically. With his own unique style of talking blues, infused with boogie-woogie, Hooker racked-up a string of hits — including“Boogie Chillen” (from 1948"

ICONIC IMAGES OF MUSIC LEGENDS — THE BLUES (9 person items)

"1980– Bluesman John Hammond at ChicagoFest –Image by © Kirk West. John P. Hammond, Jr. is an American Blues & Roots music legend with crazy vocal, guitar and harmonica skills. John Paul Hammond hasn’t had huge commercial success, but that hasn’t stopped him from becoming one of the most respected musicians among his peers. Legend has it that Hammond had both Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix side-by-side in his band for five days in the 1960s when Hammond played The Gaslight Cafe in "

Famous People Who Stutter (23 person items)

" John Lee Hooker, born in 1915, also took refuge in music at an early age as he struggled with stuttering. “Hooker sounds as if he has $100,000 worth of sophisticated digital goodies built in his chest and his throat. Yet his voice is quiet and muted, its tonal richness offset by a residual stammer and blurred by the deepest alluvial accents of the Mississippi Delta.” Also, Bernard Besman, the producer who first recorded Hooker, claims that the primary reason for his decision was that he "

500 favorite songs of the 60's (220 person items)

"176. Boom Boom"

500 Greatest Songs of all time - Updated! (262 person items)

"163 Boom Boom Boom Boom"

RS: 100 Greatest Singers (100 person items)

"1. Boom Boom 2. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer 3. Boogie Children 4. Mustang Sally & GTO 5. Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang 6. I’m in the Mood 7. Whiskey and Wimmen’ 8. The Motor City Is Burning 9. Dimples 10. Shake It Baby"

MOJO's Icons (100 person items)

""John Lee Hooker had a guitar, a solid foot stomp and a voice like life." -- Keith Richards Essential Recording: The Ultimate Collection"

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Performers (174 person items)

"1991"