Hooker, John Lee (1917—)
The undisputed "King of the Boogie," John Lee Hooker has not only achieved commercial success—a rare feat among blues sing-ers—but he has ma...
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American musician John Lee Hooker (1917-2001) was an influential blues artist who played a role in the development of the genre from the late 1940s through the 1990s. Playing both electric and acousti...
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Depending on how you look at it, Marty Stuart is either a genius for saving all those cowboy boots, rhinestone suits and flashy string ties, or he's a pack rat with a taste for garish clothes.His c...
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Frank Lucas, at 77 years old and in a wheelchair, still has a small gang doting on him. Sons, publicists and friends swirl around Lucas in nearly perpetual commotion, fetching him everything from p...
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I’m in Alanis Morissette withdrawal. I got her new CD, Under Rug Swept, when it came out last month, but now I’m in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, with nothing to play it on. I’m here t...
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According to writer Oliver Wang, “Betty Davis embodied the kind of outrageous, sexual, flamboyant, and fierce style that an entire generation of performers has emulated.” She prowled on...
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Hooker, John Lee (1917—)
John Lee Hooker
Marty Stuart's pack rat habit pays off
