Features Collaborations with esteemed musicians including Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Carlos Santana, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt and more… Originally released in 1998, The Best of Friends marks a significant milestone in the illustrious career of blues legend John Lee Hooker. This seminal album highlights Hooker’s late-career collaborations with an array of esteemed musicians including Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Carlos Santana, …

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of three top 10 R&B singles – “Hobo Blues”, “Hoogie Boogie” and “Crawlin’ King Snake.” This 4-track EP includes the bonus track, “Hastings Street Boogie,” which is also celebrating its 75th anniversary.  It was sixty years ago, in June 1964, when John Lee Hooker entered the British singles charts for the first time with “Dimples,” peaking at #23. The track had been cut …

Recorded in Detroit in April 1959 (during a session that also produced 1960’s The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker), Burning Hell was a stylistic outlier for the artist, who was better known at the time for his electric, R&B-influenced sound. Instead, Riverside sought to highlight Hooker’s Delta roots, capturing him in an intimate setting where he was accompanied only …

This year commemorates the 75th anniversary of the release of John Lee Hooker’s “Boogie Chillen’.” Recorded in Detroit in September, 1948 by Bernard Besman, who operated his own Sensation label, the record was subsequently licensed to Modern Records in Los Angeles and officially released on November 3rd, featuring “Sally May” on the B-side. The record achieved instant success, with estimates …

Step back in time to 1967 for one of blues music’s most legendary performances: LIVE AT CAFE AU-GO-GO. This special recording finds Hooker playing live with The Muddy Waters Blues Band and blues greats including Waters, Luther Johnson on guitar and Otis Spann on the piano, who helped create the show’s raw and gritty sound. Listen to these incredible live …

Legendary bluesman John Lee Hooker lived more life in one of his songs than the collective lifetimes of many. Spanning several decades of the American experience, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer tells three tales of Hooker’s storied life through the perspective of those who lived within his massive orbit, weaving textured and interpretative stories which rise to the lofty …

SPECIAL GATEFOLD RED VINYL EDITION 140-GRAM HIGH QUALITY VIRGIN VINYL ORDER NOW Released on the Impulse! Records label in early 1966, this was part of the short lived Impulse folk music division, with the slogan adapted from their jazz promotion: “The new wave of folk is on Impulse!” Signed to Impulse’s parent label ABC Records, it is the only album …

JOHN LEE HOOKER’S ENTIRE LEGENDARY 1976 SOLO CONCERT RECORDED LIVE AT HUNTER COLLEGE IN NEW YORK CITY SET FOR REISSUE ON 2-LP 180-GRAM VINYL; AVAILABLE JUNE 23  Both of the storied sets are packaged together for the first time on vinyl for a global release, featuring performances of “Boom Boom,” “Crawlin’ King Snake,” and “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.”  …

Available for pre-order now! Don’t miss the new AAA reissues of John Lee Hooker’s masterpieces, THAT’S MY STORY (1960 / Riverside) and TRAVELIN’ (1960 / Vee-Jay), both available to ship in early December via Vinyl Me Please. “ . . . A showcase of Hooker’s acoustic work,” THAT’S MY STORY arrives on a new limited edition Gray and Yellow Abstract  / 180-gram vinyl. “ …

Check out “I Didn’t Know”, the first track available from John Lee Hooker’s LIVE AT MONTREUX 1983 & 1990 2-LP package, in stores November 6! From the 1983 Montreux show, “I Didn’t Know” (originally written by Howlin’ Wolf) was recorded for John Lee Hooker’s JEALOUS album, which was recorded in 1982 but not released until 1986. Watch the video on YouTube here or listen to the track here. Located in …