John Lee Hooker, Jr. was born in Detroit Motor City with Delta blues-filled blood running through his Motown veins. Although it seems inconceivable, the masterful, critically acclaimed music of John Lee Hooker, Jr. might have never seen the light of day, as a dark period in his life threatened to consume the very art and soul of his music.

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His current album Blues with a Vengeance (Kent Records) is what he calls his "celebratory redemption." After struggling through years of extreme hardship and... more