John Lee Hooker -- Face To Face -- Final Recordings Released With Help From Singer/Daughter Zakiya Hooker

Face To Face" is an album made for the fans that John Lee Hooker loved and lived for.

(NYC) October 31, 2003. Four time Grammy Winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee John Lee Hooker is a true American treasure. One of the few artists to achieve and enjoy continued success spanning five decades, with Boogie Chillen in 1948 and now, in 2003, with the long anticipated Face To Face" CD On Eagle Records.

When John Lee Hooker unexpectedly passed away on June 21, 2001, he was starting to put together a new album. With the help of his singer daughter Zakiya Hooker he was beginning to select the music from the many raw tracks he had already recorded. On his passing Zakiya, with producer Ollan Christopher (Natural Four/Curtis Mayfield), continued working on the production and the result is John Lee Hooker's new album, from his final recordings, "Face To Face

Face To Face" has an all star cast of guest players, including original guests Van Morrison, Elvin Bishop, Johnny Winter, George Thorogood, Johnnie Johnson and Zakiya Hooker, along with newly added guests, Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes, Jack Casady and Deacon Jones.

Face To Face" is an album made for the fans that John Lee Hooker loved and lived for.

Artist: John Lee Hooker
Title: Face To Face
Catalog: ER 20023-2
Label: Eagle Records
Release Date: 10.28.03

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