Craft Recordings celebrates 60th anniv. of John Lee Hooker's 'Burnin''
Craft Recordings celebrates the 60th anniversary of John Lee Hooker's electrifying blues album, Burnin', with several special reissues.
John Lee Hooker's best-selling comeback album 'The Healer' set for reissue Oct. 28
Craft Recordings is pleased to reissue John Lee Hooker's widely acclaimed album, The Healer, on vinyl and CD, after more than a decade of being out of print.
60th anniv. reissue for 'The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker'
Craft Recordings is proud to reissue The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, a showcase of traditional (folk/country) sound and one-chord blues all with John Lee Hooker's smooth baritone vocals. Unaccompanied and playing acoustic instead of his usual amplified guitar, Hooker recorded a wonderfully varied set of deep Delta blues, moans, boogies, one field holler, and even a bit of hokum. Due out August 2nd, The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker was cut from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.
John Lee Hooker to be Celebrated with Career-Spanning Box Set
Craft Recordings, the Catalog division of Concord Bicycle Music, is proud to announce the release of King Of The Boogie, a career-spanning retrospective, honoring blues icon John Lee Hooker. Due out September 29th, the five-CD set delves deep into the catalog of the influential artist, featuring not only his iconic hits, but also rarities, live recordings and several previously unreleased tracks.
John Lee Hooker 100th Birthday Year Celebration Begins
The son of a sharecropper, blues legend John Lee Hooker was one of the very first artists to break out of that genre and become a world-wide force. He based his sound on a driving boogie beat and lyrics that sometimes seemed to come from another world. To begin the centennial celebration of Hooker's birth year, Vee-Jay Records, a division of Concord Bicycle Music, will release WHISKEY AND WIMMEN: JOHN LEE HOOKER'S FINEST on March 31.
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