 Best Of Friends John Lee Hooker's new CD, The Best of Friends, includes ten of the best tracks from his last five award winning CDs, as well as three new tracks featuring very special friends. See "the Story" page for extensive details. Listen to Boogie Chillen in RealAudio. Listen to Burnin' Hell in RealAudio. Read a review of "The Best of Friends" at CDnow. Find at Amazon.com  Don't Look Back Two-time Grammy-winner John Lee Hooker's 1997 album brings to fruition a decade old plan for collaboration on a full album with long time friend Van Morrison, who produced every track but one and duets with Hooker on four songs. The album opens with Hooker devotees and multiple Grammy-winners Los Lobos performing a raucous version of the Hooker classic "Dimples." Download a sample of Don't Look Back. Download a sample of I Love You Honey. publishing information Find at Amazon.com  Jealous Carlos Santana sums it up on the back cover of the recently re-released Jealous album: "John Lee Hooker is a supreme force in American music. Listen to Jimi Hendrix's 'Blues Child,' listen to Van Morrison's phrasing, listen to nature's beat...it's keeping time with John's heart, foot and fingers. Boogie within, boogie without, but boogie till you shake off all your worries. John Lee is an ocean of inspiration." Find at Amazon.com  Chill Out Chill Out was Hooker's fourth album since his triumphant comeback began in 1989 with The Healer. Produced by Roy Rogers, the titletrack features long time supporter Carlos Santana and his band. Van Morrison further cements their long-standing friendship with a duet on“Medley: Serves Me Right To Suffer/Syndicator.” Charles Brown and his band join in on “Kiddio” and “Annie Mae.” Listen to the title track "Chill Out" in 28.8 or 14.4 RealAudio from the MHz Pointblank show. Find at Amazon.com  Boom Boom Boom Boom also received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album, reached the Silver Record Award sales status in the UK and Gold Records Award in France, and helped give John Lee the WC Handy Award for #1 Traditional Male Blues Artist. Boom Boom also won the Bay Area Music “Bammie” Award for Best Blues Recording. The video for the title track was directed by Robert Caruso and featured Jimmie Vaughn on guitar. Also produced by Roy Rogers. Find at Amazon.com  Mr. Lucky Mr. Lucky was John Lee’s follow up to THE HEALER and featured guest appearances by Albert Collins, Ry Cooder, Robert Cray, John Hammond, Johnnie Johnson, Van Morrison, Keith Richards, Carlos Santana and Johnny Winter. In 1991, Mr. Lucky debuted at #3 on the UK album chart, the highest ranking ever for a blues album. Find at Amazon.com  The Danceland Years The Danceland Years album, released in 1995, included five tracks by John Lee Hooker that number among the most stunning of Pointblank's long-hidden gems. As some of the earliest known recordings of Hooker's music, they provide a vivid document of his developing style (a style which of course eventually inspired generations of musicians, including The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and Led Zeppelin, to name a few). Find at Amazon.com  Legendary Modern Recordings 1948-1954 The re-release of John Lee's Legendary Modern Recordings (1948-1954) rectifies the irreverent treatment this material has too often received in the past. For John Lee's more recent followers, this stunning music will be an eye-opener. His long-time fans will be delighted to hear their cherished favorites in the very best possible sound. Find at Amazon.com You've got to check out our exclusive JLH interview, a warm and touching conversation between John Lee and his daughter, fellow Pointblank recording artist Zakiya Hooker. A few selected highlights from a long list of John Lee’s achievements: Believe it or not: in 1993, John Lee dueted with BB King for the first time on “You Shook Me,” the Willie Dixon song, recorded for BB’s BLUES SUMMIT album. The track also features Robert Cray and Roy Rogers on guitar and Kim Wilson on harp. In January 1991, John Lee was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. In 1990, John Lee wins his first Grammy for “I’m In The Mood,” a duet with Bonnie Raitt featured on The Healer. Also in 1990, John Lee was recognized in a special tribute show at Madison Square Garden. He was joined on stage by Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder, Joe Cocker, Huey Lewis, Mick Fleetwood, Gregg Allman, Al Kooper, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, Willie Dixon, John Hammond, Charlie Musselwhite, Ronnie Earl, George Porter, Roy Rogers, Angela Strehli, and members of Little Feat. The show featured a tribute speech by 60 Minutes’ Ed Bradley. In December 1990, the Rolling Stones invited
John Lee to appear at their three Atlantic City, New Jersey shows. He performed
“Boogie Chillen” backed by
Keith Richards,
Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman,
Ron Wood and Eric Clapton.
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