John Lee Hooker News

Clinton High seniors Reed Smith and Cody Sparkman, who perform together in the band Fides, are among 22 youth acts being showcased at the International Blues Challenge on Friday and Saturday in Memphis.

Guitarist Bob Weir and bassist Phil Lesh are opening clubs within a few miles of each other and near their respective homes in Marin County , just north of the Golden Gate Bridge .

The holidaze are over and SLO Brew is back with a phat week full of shows. Hold onto your hats, people! returns for an evening of his patented "soul-inflected rockers with the occasional slow blues or shuffle thrown into the mix to keep it honest." The San Jose guitarist cut his teeth with Bay Area blues bands, eventually joining Warner Brothers ... (more)

Asie's Jam Johnny Otis - Bad Luck Shadow Memphis Jug band - Fourth Street Mess Around Papa Lightfoot - Jump The Boogie Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby T-Bone Walker - Travelin' Blues John Lee Hooker - Burnin' Hell Fleetwood Mac - Love That Burns/Stop Messin' Around Pee Wee Crayton - My Baby's on Line Josh Whites - House of the Rising Sun ... (more)

Who: The Manzarek-Rogers Band When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Harrah's Lake Tahoe Cost: $20 Details: 800-786-8208 or www.southshoreroom.com Rogers, not to be confused with the late cowboy-western artist, is a California-born, Grammy-winning slide blues guitarist who played with John Lee Hooker in the 1980s and now fronts the Delta Rhythm Kings.