Book description
'You the funkiest man alive.' Miles Davis' accolade was the perfect
expression of John Lee Hooker's apotheosis as blues superstar: recording
with the likes of Van Morrison, Keith Richards and Carlos Santana;
making TV commercials (Lee Jeans); appearing in films (The Blues
Brothers); and even starring in Pete Townshend's musical adaptation of
Ted Hughes' story The Iron Man. His was an extraordinary life. Born in
the American deep south, he moved to Detroit and then, in a career
spanning over fifty years, recorded hypnotic blues classics such as
'Boogie Chillen', rhythm-and-blues anthems such as 'Dimples' and 'Boom
Boom' and, in his final, glorious renaissance, the Grammy-winning album
The Healer. Charles Shaar Murray's authoritative biography vividly, and
often in John Lee Hooker's own words, does magnificent justice to the
man and his music.
