John Lee Hooker
Latest about John Lee Hooker

By Henry Yates Published
Buying guide From Mississippi roots to wilderness years and redemption, John Lee Hooker always played the blues his way. Here are the albums that go boom boom

By Dominic Pedler Published
Buying guide The 80s also saw the blues transform like never before, with Stevie Ray Vaughan drawing in hard rockers and purists alike and Robert Cray taking it to the masses

By Darren Weale Published
Cult movie The Blues Brothers exposed a generation to the brilliance of blues and soul legends like John Lee Hooker and Aretha Franklin

By Classic Rock Magazine Published
More than a dozen of John Lee Hooker's superstar duets, gathered together in a collaborative showcase

By Fraser Lewry Published
Suddenly thrust into the spotlight as John Lee Hooker's backing musicians, The Groundhogs became what he called "the number one British blues band"

By Jon Harrington, Ed Mitchell, Tony Russell Last updated
From Big Boss Man to Smokestack Lightnin’, these are the stories of the landmark records that electrified the blues and put Chicago on the map.

By Gavin Martin Published
Five-CD celebration of the influential blues legend

By David Stubbs Published
Single-disc celebration of the pioneering bluesman
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