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Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century
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by Charles Shaar Murray


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With 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.

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  • Title Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century
  • Author Charles Shaar Murray
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martins Press-3PL, New York
  • Date 2002-03-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780312270063 / 0312270062
  • Weight 1.64 lbs (0.74 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 5.85 x 1.11 in (23.57 x 14.86 x 2.82 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Blues musicians - United States, Hooker, John Lee
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • New York Times, 06/16/2002, Page 28

About the author

Charles Shaar Murray's previous book, Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix and the Postwar Rock 'n' Roll Revolution, was called by Entertainment Weekly the best book on Hendrix, and rode their A-list for over two months before winning the prestigious Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. He lives in England.

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