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Memorial Services today, tomorrow for John Lee Hooker 27 June 2001
Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1920, the extraordinarily influential singer/ songwriter/ guitarist died in his sleep last Thursday at home at age 83. In the early 1930s, Hooker’s stepfather taught him to play guitar. At 14 the young musician ran away from home to seek fame in Memphis. Dismissed by clubs and other blues musicians because of his age, Hooker struggled for ten years before moving first to Cincinnati and then to Detroit—where he recorded his first tracks. Hooker has been a hero to generations of rock bands including (among countless others) The MC5, The Doors, Canned Heat, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Los Lobos, Robert Cray, and Ben Harper. Visitation Wednesday June 27, 2001 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm Chapel of The Chimes 4499 Piedmont Avenue Oakland, CA 94611 Info Tel: + 1 (510) 654-0123 Memorial Service Thursday June 28, 2001 1:00 pm Oakland Inter-Stake Center Auditorium (At the Mormon Temple) 4780 Lincoln Avenue Oakland, CA Info Tel: + 1 (510) 654-0123 Flowers and correspondence may be sent to 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 nonprofit charities involved in music education for children and musician assistance programs. The John Lee Hooker Foundation c/o Metro Commerce Bank 1248 Fifth Avenue San Rafael, CA 94901 Attn.: Larry Tidwell Correspondence may be also sent to John Lee Hooker Family c/o Bates Meyer, Inc. 714 Brookside Lane Sierra Madre, CA 91024 | John Lee Hooker at Virgin Records | | JLH at The Rosebud Agency | | biography from Amazon.com | | discography | | top of page | |
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