BLUES MARKER

THE DEDICATION OF THE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SECOND BLUES TRAIL MARKER WAS UNVEILED TODAY DURING A CEREMONY IN VANCE, MISSISSIPPI HONORING JOHN LEE HOOKER.
HOOKER IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF ALL THE BLUES ARTISTS, PRODUCING HIS FIRST MAJOR HIT IN 1949 TITLED "BOOGIE CHILLEN," WHICH REACHED NUMBER 1 ON THE R & B CHARTS. THE MARKER UNVEILING CEREMONY WAS HELD THIS MORNING ON HWY 3, IN FRONT OF THE VANCE POST OFFICE. HOOKER PASSED AWAY 41 YEARS AGO FROM COMPLICATIONS WITH TUBERCULOSIS.