Bluesman John Lee Hooker, believed to be 83, died of natural causes yesterday (June 21) at his home in Los Altos, Calif. For six decades, Hooker's rich sonorous voice coupled with a brooding… By ...

BMG has acquired the music interests of American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Lee Hooker. The agreement covers the entire publishing catalog of Hooker, who died on June 21, 2001, ...

CD1: Sally Mae; War is over (Goodbye California) (Extended Version); War is over (Goodbye California) (Alt Take)War is over (Goodbye California) (Extended Version of Gb LP; Boogie Chillen'; Henry's ...

John Lee Hooker was an electric blues master, helping to shape the genre with his inventive style and adding to its list of standards tunes like “Hobo Blues,” “Boogie Chillen,” “Crawling Kingsnake,” ...

The Berlin-based company adds to a library that includes other blues greats including Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Son House. By Ed Christman BMG and its partner FujiPacific Music have acquired the ...

It is no small compliment to state that esteemed British journalist Charles Shaar Murray's liner notes here are fully complementary to John Lee Hooker's slightly less than an hour of playing and ...

BMG has announced its acquisition of the remaining interests in the songwriting works of the publishing catalogs of John Lee Hooker, Hal David, and ARC Music — three major archives that it is no ...

BMG has announced it has acquired the music interests of iconic American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist John Lee Hooker from his estate. The agreement includes his entire publishing catalog ...

John Lee Hooker’s That’s My Story returns via Craft Bluesville as an all-analog 180-gram vinyl reissue, with Cannonball Adderley’s rhythm section adding sweet swagger to this 1960 blues gem. John Lee ...

(Chipster) BMG is proud to announce the upcoming release of Boom Boom, a revelatory album from blues legend John Lee Hooker, arriving July 25, 2025, with pre-orders beginning today. Originally ...

Featuring his eternal hit “Boom Boom,” the blues legend’s 1962 classic gets an anniversary reissue that showcases how rock’n’roll took shape around his timeless, elemental boogie. ZZ Top won the ...

A portrait of the legendary, recently passed away blues artist John Lee Hooker. His life, his closest friends and music colleagues, from his birthplace in Mississippi following the ups and downs of ...