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Boogie Man : The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century by Charles Shaar Murray (2002, Trade Paperback)

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Boogie Man, Paperback by Murray, Charles Shaar, ISBN 0312270062, ISBN-13 9780312270063, Brand New, Free shipping in the US An in-depth examination of the art and life of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and blues legend John Lee Hooker draws from interviews with Hooker himself and a wide range of musicians, relatives, and acquaintances. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-100312270062

ISBN-139780312270063

eBay Product ID (ePID)2015788

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Book TitleBoogie Man : the Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century

Number of Pages512 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

TopicComposers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Blues

FeaturesRevised

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorCharles Shaar Murray

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight25.8 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Reviews"(A) meticulously researched portrait...Hooker comes to life as a petulant, triumphant figure: complex and sometimes just unknowable, but as a genius for whom blues is as vital as a heartbeat."-Rolling Stone "Surely the most exhaustive biography of any bluesman."-Chicago Tribune, "(A) meticulously researched portrait...Hooker comes to life as a petulant, triumphant figure: complex and sometimes just unknowable, but as a genius for whom blues is as vital as a heartbeat." Rolling Stone "Surely the most exhaustive biography of any bluesman." Chicago Tribune, "(A) meticulously researched portrait...Hooker comes to life as a petulant, triumphant figure: complex and sometimes just unknowable, but as a genius for whom blues is as vital as a heartbeat." -- Rolling Stone "Surely the most exhaustive biography of any bluesman." -- Chicago Tribune, (A) meticulously researched portrait...Hooker comes to life as a petulant, triumphant figure: complex and sometimes just unknowable, but as a genius for whom blues is as vital as a heartbeat.

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal781.6/43/092

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisWith John Lee Hooker's death in June 2001 the world lost one of the last great Mississippi Delta bluesmen. Acclaimed writer Charles Schaar Murray's Boogie Man is the authorized and authoritative biography of this musician whose extraordinary career spanned over fifty years and included over one-hundred albums and five Grammy Awards. Murray was given unparalleled access to Hooker, and lets him tell his own story in his own words, from life in the Deep South to San Francisco, from the 1948 blues anthem "Boogie Chillen" to the Grammy-winning album The Healer nearly a half-century later. Boogie Man is far more than merely a brilliant biography of one man; it also gives the story of the music that inspired him. "When I die," Hooker said, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die." Here is the book that does him and his music full justice.