Eddie Burns & John Lee Hooker became fast friends when they met in 1948, and remained so until Hooker recently passed away. Burns backed Hooker at Chess Records in 1965 playing on Hook's classic "The... more

Six decades of bending, blowing, wailing blues beauty—20 tracks including eight unissued performances at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Gillum Blues Jazz Gillum; Crow Jane Blues Sonny Terry;... more

You'll encounter lots of big names and killer cuts among these independent-label blues gems—and also 20 tracks that have never been released 'til now! You get 100 sides in all: Little Mary; Cheatin'... more

Four complete radio broadcasts, finally all together in one set. The great band backing the swing piano legend includes trombonist Dicky Wells, trumpeter Gene Redd and sax man Morris Lane; they have... more

Detroit certainly was jumpin' back then, with the auto industry mirrored by a thriving music scene. John Lee Hooker dominates this 100-track retrospective, with "Rocks," "Leavin' Chicago," "Mercy... more