The Blues Foundation Podcast - Season 1: Blues Hall of Fame
Is there a bluesman more iconic than John Lee Hooker?
His face, his eyes, his austere silhouette on stage, that deep southern drawl, that one-chord boogie... everything about the man was distinct and original.
Where did it all come from? Like many bluesmen of his generation, he grew up in the country and didn’t have much use for school. He much preferred skipping class and practicing guitar. Yet John Lee wrote some of the most original and most influential blues songs of all time: “Boogie Chillun”, “Boom Boom”, “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”. And he crafted a completely unique sound along the way that continues to influence musicians to this day.
This is his story.
John Lee Hooker inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980.
026 - Dinah Washington
025 - Bukka White
024 - Bessie Smith
023 - Charley Patton
022 - Ma Rainey
021 - Son House
020 - Honeyboy Edwards
019 - Ray Charles
018 - Fats Domino
017 - Don Robey
016 - Rufus Thomas
015 - Sam Phillips
013 - Roy Brown
012 - Muddy Waters
011 - Louis Jordan
010 - Skip James
009 - Little Richard
008 - Memphis Minnie
007 - W.C. Handy
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