John Lee Hooker Jr.

About John Lee Hooker, Jr. "It's extremely difficult to do what J.L.H. Jr. has done here: confront both the blessing and the burden of being heir to one of the music's most daunting legacies, while still retaining one's own identity." - David Whiteis, Living Blues Magazine

OUT OF THE DARK 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.

INTO THE SPOTLIGHT His current album Blues with a Vengeance (Kent Records) is what he calls his "celebratory redemption." After struggling through years of extreme hardship and nearly losing himself to the streets, the remarkable John Lee Hooker Jr. overcame the adversity to begin a rapid emergence into the blues spotlight. Released in April 2004, Blues with a Vengeance certainly lives up to its name by wrapping up 2004 with a Grammy nomination in the Traditional Blues Album category and recently won the distinguished W.C. Handy Award for Best New Artist Debut! The California Music Awards (formerly the BAMMYS) named Blues with a Vengeance 2004's Outstanding Blues Album of the Year, and the Bay Area Blues Society presented John Lee Hooker Jr. with the 2004 Comeback Artist of the Year award.