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John Lee Hooker

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John Lee Hooker

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  • A guest 100% at Telluride Jazz Festival 1978, Telluride on Thu, 24 Aug 1978

    Show was awesome. Had backstage pass and was sitting backstage on a folding chair when an "older" Brother wearing a white suit and white Panama Hat walked up , sat down right next to me , pulled a pint of Canadian Club out of his inside coat pocket , took a drink and handed me the bottle. As I was taking a drink , he said " MY NAME IS JOHN LEE HOOKER , and I don't give a damn. Handing back the pint , I commented , " Mr. HOOKER , I now have something to tell my grandchildren!"๐Ÿ’ โœŒ๐Ÿผ~ Dan McNabb Hendersonville North Carolina

    1

  • A guest 80% at Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene on Fri, 02 Apr 1999

    I was there!!
    He came on stage with his hat and fur coatโ€ข It was a great concert!!
    A woman in the row in front of us stood and was getting a little groove on the usher told her she had to sit down ๐Ÿ‘Ž Everyone around us booed him
    On the last song everyone was standing and groovinโ€ข
    The organist was awesome I wish I could remember her name

    1

  • A guest 100% at Free Trade Hall, Manchester on Fri, 15 Jul 1988

    Traveled from Northern Ireland at 18 years of age to see the legend play. Never forget it.

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  • A guest 100% at Free Trade Hall, Manchester on Fri, 15 Jul 1988

    I was at this concert and I couldn't have put it better. It was an electric moment and John Lee Hooker held the crowd from that moment onwards.

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  • A guest 100% at Free Trade Hall, Manchester on Fri, 15 Jul 1988

    my recollection is that a little old man came out and sat on a stool bent the living daylights out of a chord and the whole building began to hover very slightly above th eearth

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Rated concerts

Highest rated ยท No. 1 of 3
Free Trade Hall in Manchester, UK
Fri, 15 Jul 1988 - 100% ยท 3 ratings
Crowd favorite No. 192998
  1. 01
    Free Trade Hall in Manchester, UK Fri, 15 Jul 1988 ยท 3 ratings
    100
  2. 02
    Telluride Jazz Festival 1978 in Telluride, US Thu, 24 Aug 1978 ยท 1 rating
    100
  3. 03
    Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, US Fri, 02 Apr 1999 ยท 1 rating
    80

Where the music took them

Tour passport

Statistics

50 concerts tracked
Played in 6 countries - show on map
Played in 31 cities
First concert ยท 11.04.1961 - 66 years ago
Last concert ยท 23.04.2010 - 16 years ago
Career span ยท 83 years

Most played countries

  1. 1 US 36
  2. 2 UK 6
  3. 3 Canada 5
  4. 4 Germany 1
  5. 5 Ireland 1
  6. 6 Switzerland 1

Most played cities

  1. 1 Chicago, US 5
  2. 2 London, UK 5
  3. 3 Seattle, US 5
  4. 4 Calgary, Canada 4
  5. 5 San Francisco, US 3
  6. 6 Honolulu, US 2
  7. 7 Port Chester, US 2
  8. 8 Baton Rouge, US 1
  9. 9 Berkeley, US 1
  10. 10 Dublin, Ireland 1
Past concert Upcoming Density 31 cities in the archive
Concerts 50
Countries 6
Cities 31
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About John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker was born in Coahoma County, United States, on 22 August 1917, and died on 21 June 2001, aged 83.

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