Articles about John Lee Hooker

Dan Aykroyd In Toronto - 6-1-2001

A comedy legend and star of this summer's blockbuster Pearl Harbor takes a humorous look at his favorite city.

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...and crunch and punk.’ I put on some John Lee Hooker and Lightnin’ Hopkins and then a...

...Hopkins and then a little harp … and John Lee Hooker started to say, ‘Whoa, this music is...

...that little seed going. But, anyway, this was John Lee Hooker’s first time in Canada. He probably...

Big Man on Campus - 5-1-2009

Taylor Kitsch is used to playing a high school heartthrob on Friday Night Lights. But it’s his new movie role that promises to make him Mr. Popular in Hollywood circles, whether he’s ready or not.

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... doing just a half-hour short. I''ll write it, and John Lee Hooker''s probably going to direct it." My favorite...

Groove Is In Her Heart - 3-1-2007

Groove Is in Her HeartLucinda Williams has got the blues again on her new album. But this time it's a different shade. By Mikael Wood Lucinda Williams knows the blue...

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...for years I listened to almost nothing but John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters and ZZ Top and James Brown and...

Hot Ink And High Notes - 2-15-2002

Recently released books and CDs SHADOW WARRIORS By Tom Clancy (Putnam, $29.95) In this nonfiction collaboration with retired Gen. Carl Stiner, former commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, Clancy takes a ...

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...of the fathers of the genre: Muddy Waters, B.B. John Lee Hooker. This collection of 49 children of the blues,...

...fathers of the genre: Muddy Waters, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker. This collection of 49 children of the blues,...

The Blues Are Back In Town - 10-1-2003

As a musical genre that’s often overlooked these days, the blues has been singin’ the blues itself. But now some of Hollywood’s top directors aim to put Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and their musical progeny back on the map. The blues...

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...Lemon Jefferson, J.B. Lenoir, Skip James, and John Lee Hooker — nobody would deny that the blues has...

Troubled Man - 6-15-2006

Twenty-five years ago, Marvin Gaye rebuilt his mind, body, and eventually his career in an unlikely place: a tiny town on the coast of Belgium. retraces Gaye’s steps to find out what was going on back then.

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...to the genius of Little Richard, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, and others. He had a nightclub in Ostend that...

...Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, and others. John Lee Hooker had a nightclub in Ostend that was known for the...

...for the spectacular quality of its jukebox, and John Lee Hooker became a magnet for people who shared his...