Detroit: 1948-1949
Released: Jul 18, 2000
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Released: Jul 18, 2000
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Acoustic or electric, alone or with a few friends, John Lee Hooker is always interesting. He has the gift to take the typical three-chord blues song and boil it down to its essence, relying on two,...
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Sings the Blues/Soul Blues
Released: Jul 11, 2000
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Released: Jul 11, 2000
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In 2000, Ember released Sings the Blues/Soul Blues, which contained two complete albums -- Sings the Blues (1998, originally released on Ember) and Soul Blues -- by John Lee Hooker on one compact...
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On Campus
Released: Jun 20, 2000
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Released: Jun 20, 2000
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Vee Jay's 1964 album John Lee Hooker on Campus is titled to sound like a live recording but it isn't. As part of the Collectables Vee Jay reissue campaign, these 12 tracks originally tried to...
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Unknown John Lee Hooker: 1949 Recordings
Released: May 16, 2000
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Released: May 16, 2000
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In 1949, Hooker played for a private gathering in the Detroit dining room of cartoonist, animator, and music fan Gene Deitch. Deitch had the foresight to record the performance on a portable...
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Definitive Collection - METRO
Released: Apr 25, 2000
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Released: Apr 25, 2000
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No, it's not the definitive collection, covering just Hooker's time with Vee-Jay from the mid-'50s to the mid-'60s. In fact, it's not even the definitive collection of the Vee-Jay years, although...
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