John Lee Hooker died on this day 06/21/01

[TimmyB]

John Lee Hooker believed to be eighty-three years old died on June 21, 2001 in his home of Los Altos, CA.

Keeping with the theme of Van Morrison coming back to Toronto. Morrison thought Hooker was the real King of the Blues, as he introduced Hooker on Morrison's last live album "A Night In San Francisco" (Exile/Polydor, 1994).

I was lucky enough to see Hooker perform live just months before he died in the fall of 2000 at Bimbo's in San Francisco, CA before I saw another Bridge School Benefit with Neil Young.