The best John Lee Hooker songs find an imitiable groove to prove that the blues could make you feel ... He joined the exodus of southern folk moving north in search of work, finding it at Ford ...

As he matured, he discovered the what the older folks called "reels" or what we know today as the blues. The guitar was an ... It's just that it's not the essence of John Lee Hooker. If you want to ...

As a child in the 1970s, Hooker learned the blues from Delta blues masters, including his father John Lee Hooker and blues harp legend Jimmy Reed. His 2004 album, Blues with A Vengence received a ...

John Lee Hooker ... but the blues soon took hold. Shortly before his fifteenth birthday, Hooker tried to join the army and spent three months in Detroit before they found out his real age; they ...