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 (Mr. Hooker was a Rosebud Agency booking client from 1976 until his passing. Our management relationship with Mr. Hooker ran from 1989 until 2001.) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • JOHN LEE HOOKER MEMORIAL SERVICES INFORMATION VISITATION: MEMORIAL SERVICE: Please note that smoking is not allowed (indoors or outdoors) at the site of Memorial service. Flowers and correspondence may be sent to The John Lee Hooker family at the Chapel of the Chimes. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the John Lee Hooker Foundation. All funds will be directed to John Lee's favorite non-profit charities involved in music education for children and musician assistance programs. The John Lee Hooker Foundation Correspondence also may be sent to the John Lee Hooker family c/o Bates/Meyer, Inc., 714 Brookside Lane, Sierra Madre, CA 91024 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • John Lee Hooker passed away John Lee Hooker passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning (June 21st). There is no further information available at the moment and we will communicate any update with regard to any services that might be open to the public on our web-site, www.rosebudus.com, as soon as that information is available. John Lee Hooker, the greatest of all bluesmen passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning (June 21) at his home in the San Francisco Bay area, at the age of 83. Hooker influenced countless generations of musicians and inspired music fans around the world during his sixty year career. He was loved dearly by millions and we will all miss him greatly. Funeral and memorial arrangements will be announced shortly. We thank everyone for their kind wishes and condolences. The John Lee Hooker Family • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • John Lee Hooker Biography Out October 17 in US via St. Martin's Press
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • John Lee Hooker Documentary To Debut In France September 30
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • John Lee Hooker thrills Vasona crowd
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • John Lee Hooker Feature on CNN's Newsstand September 5
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • John Lee Hooker Cancelled Dates John Lee Hooker's Doctors have discovered a vascular condition that may require surgery. Further tests are being conducted and a determination should be made soon as to whether or not an operation will be necessary. In the meantime, dates requiring extensive travel have been cancelled. These include the following: Atlanta (June 24), Montreal (July 7) and Ottawa (July (9). We will update Mr. Hooker's progress as we have more information to impart. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • John Lee Hooker Dates Postponed John Lee Hooker's doctors have found a vascular condition that may require surgery and will require Mr. Hooker to cancel at least the next two months of engagements through mid - June. Mr. Hooker is otherwise doing fine and hopes to return to a healthy touring schedule this Summer. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" in "Play It To The Bone"
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Grammys Honor John Lee Hooker with Lifetime Achievement Award
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • John Lee Hooker Biography Released in England The John Lee Hooker biography, "Boogie Man: John Lee Hooker In The American 20th Century," penned by noted author Charles Shaar Murray, was released October 15 in England. The first biography of the legendary bluesman, "Boogie Man", was serialized upon release in London's Daily Telegraph and featured in a seven page spread in Mojo Magazine's November issue. Watch for release in other parts of the world in early 2000. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • John Lee Hooker closes the 1999 San Francisco Blues Festival with surprise performances by Carlos Santana and Pinetop Perkins
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Rosebud Artists Featured on Fish, Tree, Water Blues - Environmental Project to benefit Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • John Lee Hooker feature on CBS Sunday Morning, April 11
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R & B Foundation Honors John Lee Hooker With Lifetime Achievement Award
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"Boogie Chillin" by John Lee Hooker Booker T. Jones was represented as songwriter and group leader for "Got My Mojo Workin'" by the late Muddy Waters • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ken Baker, Saxophonist with John Lee Hooker Passes - February 8, 1999
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..."He's old enough to remember when the Dead Sea was just a little sick," joked one band member backstage. But once the music started, the music was as serious as a rattlesnake that just had its tail stepped on. Hooker sat on a chair, strummed a guitar and, with a drawl that ached of sex and pain, mumbled his way through lyrics that paved the way for rock 'n' roll four decades ago...
John Lee Hooker will be featured on CNN's Newsstand on September 5. B B King, Ben Harper, John Lee Hooker, and Robert Cray are interviewed and vintage as well as recent footage of John Lee performances and videos will be shown. The program airs at 10:00 pm on the East Coast and 7:00 Pacific and the show will repeat three hours following it's first airing.
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CBS Sunday Morning will air a feature on John Lee Hooker on Sunday Morning April 11. The show is scheduled to air at 9:00 am Eastern Time. Check your local listings in other time zones.
Ken Baker who played saxophone with John Lee Hooker for the past 16 years passed away February 8, 1998. Ken also toured with Sista Monica and had previously performed with Robben Ford and Jimmy Witherspoon among many others. Loved by all who knew him, a celebration of his life was held in San Jose on February 20 attended by an overflow crowd of family, Bay Area musicians and friends.
Charles Brown was feted at a jam-packed Tribute in his honor at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco January 11 by a host of legendary friends. Charles made it out personally to watch Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Dr. John, Maria Muldaur,
John Lee Hooker appears with his daughter, Zakiya Hooker, on the cover of the January / February issue of Blues Revue. The issue focuses on families in the blues and carries more pictures and extensive coverage on The Hookers and other blues families inside.