The following are career highlights during John Lee Hooker's years as a Rosebud Agency management client. (Mr. Hooker was a Rosebud Agency booking client from 1976 until his passing. Our management relationship with Mr. Hooker ran from 1989 until 2001.)


ALBUMS

THE BEST OF FRIENDS - Three new recordings with Eric Clapton, Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite and Ry Cooder complement this collection of John Lee Hooker's best recordings from the past decade. (10/98)
DON'T LOOK BACK - John Lee Hooker and Van Morrison finally realize their decade old plan of doing an entire CD together. The lone exception to this collaboration is the lead track produced by and performed with Los Lobos. Van duets on four tracks in addition to producing ten. Charles Brown guests and his guitarist and bassist along with Robert Cray's keyboardist and drummer supply solid backing throughout. The album won the Best Traditional Blues Grammy Award, and Hooker and Morrison's duet "Don't Look Back" received the Grammy in the Best Pop Collaboration category. (3/97)
CHILL OUT - The title track features long time supporter Carlos Santana and his band. Van Morrison further cements their longstanding friendship with a duet on "Medley: Serves Me Right To Suffer / Syndicator." Charles Brown and his band join in on "Kiddio" and "Annie Mae." Chill Out was awarded the Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album. (2/95)
BOOM BOOM - The third release in the series of comeback records for John Lee Hooker. The title track featuring Jimmie Vaughan hit #16 on the UK singles chart and was the foundation for a Lee Jeans campaign throughout Europe. Other guests on the project included Albert Collins, The Robert Cray Band, John Hammond and Charlie Musselwhite. (10/92)
MR. LUCKY - John Lee Hooker's follow up to THE HEALER features Albert Collins, Ry Cooder, Robert Cray, John Hammond, Johnnie Johnson, Van Morrison, Keith Richards, Carlos Santana and Johnny Winter. Debuted at #3 on the UK album chart, the highest ranking ever for a blues album. (9/91)
THE HEALER - John Lee Hooker's comeback album features guest artists Carlos Santana, Robert Cray, Los Lobos, Bonnie Raitt, George Thorogood, Charlie Musselwhite and Canned Heat. The record was certified gold in the US and earned gold and platinum awards worldwide. (8/89)
INDIVIDUAL TRACKS
"Somebody's Watching" and "Bad Dream Catcher" - John Lee's guitar work featured on two songs from John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers' PADLOCK ON THE BLUES. (1999)
"Boom Boom" - Big Head Todd & The Monsters record John Lee's hit "Boom Boom", with John Lee adding his vocals, on their CD BEAUTIFUL WORLD. (2/97)
"Gloria" - John Lee joins Van Morrison for a live concert reprise of Van's classic "Gloria" for Morrison's live CD A NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO. (5/94)
"You Shook Me" - John Lee duets with B.B. King on this Willie Dixon song for B.B.'s BLUES SUMMIT album marking the first time the old friends have recorded together. The track features Robert Cray and Roy Rogers on guitar, and Kim Wilson on harp. (6/93)
"Gloria" - A new version of the classic song recorded by Van Morrison and John Lee. Released as a single in the U.S. and U.K, the track appeared on Morrison's album, TOO LONG IN EXILE. (5/93)
"Wasted Years" - recorded by Van Morrison and John Lee for Van's TOO LONG IN EXILE. (5/93)
"Mabel" - Branford Marsalis' Grammy-winning Columbia album I HEARD YOU TWOICE THE FIRST TIME features John Lee Hooker's song "Mabel" on which John Lee also performed. (Other guests on the album include B.B. King, Wynton Marsalis and Linda Hopkins.) (9/92)
"Driftin' Blues" - John Lee duets with John Hammond on this Charles Brown classic for Hammond's Pointblank debut and Grammy nominated GOT LOVE IF YOU WANT IT. (9/91)
"Red House" - John Lee Hooker's version of the song "Red House," recorded specifically for VARIATIONS ON A THEME: RED HOUSE. The rest of the album consists of six different performances of the song by Jimi Hendrix. (4/90) THE IRON MAN - Pete Townshend album features John Lee Hooker on two tracks in the title role. (6/89)