Award-winning rock critic Murray explores the life and times of a legend whose career has spanned more than half a century: John Lee Hooker, the last of the Mississippi Delta bluesmen. 8-page photo insert.
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Award-winning rock critic Murray explores the life and times of a legend whose career has spanned more than half a century: John Lee Hooker, the last of the Mississippi Delta bluesmen. 8-page photo insert.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Glossy jacket, light creasing to top of jacket, no marks. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 499 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. John Lee Hooker became an overnight sensation in the '80s after more than 40 years at his craft. The springboard for his "discovery" was the Grammy-winning album The Healer, which featured Bonnie Raitt and Carlos Santana among other younger musicians. This gambit, too, was not new, for Hooker had recorded Hooker 'n' Heat with Canned Heat in the late '60s--a truly seminal album. Hooker is one of the last surviving bluesmen with a direct lineage from the Delta blues tradition and for years was king of Detroit's blues scene. Murray's extensive bio goes all the way back to the beginning in a sprawling literary effort worthy of Hooker's lengthy career. Like many American blues artists, Hooker was revered by the early '60s English rockers, yet unlike Muddy Waters, widespread pop music interest in Hooker was slow to build. Nevertheless, Hooker's music is a national treasure; anybody who has ever boogied to George Thorogood's recording of Hooker's "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" or rocked out to ZZ Top's early recordings has heard the man's influence. Now they can read his life story in depth and celebrate Hooker and his music in a way that many of his contemporaries never lived to enjoy.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 499 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. 1st edition 2000 with DJ. Book is LIKE NEW. No marks or writing. DJ shows light wear
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American edition. 499pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Some bumping on the board edges else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with tiny tears and edgewear.