A powerful memoir of redemption from the son of blues legend John Lee Hooker

Born in Detroit and exposed to the music world from an early age, John Lee Hooker Jr. began singing as a featured attraction in his father’s shows as a teenager. His father was a sharecropper’s son who became known for hit songs like “Boogie Chillin,” “I’m in the Mood,” and “Boom Boom,” and in 1972, he and his father performed live and recorded an album in Soledad Prison. Junior seemed to have a golden ticket to a successful music career as a child, but trouble brewed as his father’s marriage was in trouble and ripped apart the family.

Drug addiction, including living a criminal life as a robber and con player, landed Junior in and out of jails & prisons for 35 years. He was shot twice, stabbed in the back, overdosed, and lived homeless on the streets before a judge eventually sentenced him to Synanon, the infamous drug rehabilitation program turned religious cult. Later arrests resulted in time served in prisons including Soledad, San Quentin, Avenal, and Ocala Correctional Facility in Canada.

This product is a paperback book and the German version of John Lee Hooker Jr.’s memoires.