Zakiya Hooker
NORTHERN, CA      Blues / Jazz / R&B
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    • Keeping It Real
    • Stones In My Passway
    • Receipt To Sing The Blues
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    • Video "Rainy Rainy Day"
    • Damn Your Eyes - Live
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Status Zakiya Hooker has a show coming up on 11/14/2009 at 08:00 PM @ Biscuits ... in San Francisco, CA http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/6726549

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Members: Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Keys, Horns. Size of band depends on what kind of show.
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Label: Boogie With The Hook Records
Manager: Linda Cunningham

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ZAKIYA HOOKER BIOGRAPHY

At first glance it would seem that Zakiya Hooker was born into the blues. After all, her father is the late great Blues Legend John Lee Hooker. But rather than relying on her father, Zakiya has pursued life and music on her own terms.

In 1991 Zakiya made her first public appearance with her father, John Lee Hooker at the Kaiser Center Theatre in Oakland, California. Since that time Zakiya has gone on to perform on shows with Etta James, John Hammond, Guitar Shorty, Taj Mahal, Charlie Musselwhite, Narada Michael Walden and many, many more. By1993 Zakiya released her first CD "Another Generation Of The Blues" on Silvertone Records. In 1997 she released her second CD "Flavors Of The Blues" worldwide on Pointblank/Virgin Records. 2001 brought her indie CD recorded live in Buenos Aires, Argentina "Colors Of The Blues". She is now finishing up her fourth CD.

Zakiya has spoken on Blues panels and given spoken word performances about this unique Amercian Art form, all in addition to her performing and recording career. She was selected to give a spoken word performance at film director Martin Scorsese's Radio City Music Hall Blues Concert on February 7, 2003 in New York City, a concert that was filmed by director Antoine Fuqua. Zakiya was also a panelist, as well as a spoken word performer at San Francisco's KQED-TV launch program for Scorsese's fall 2003 PBS-TV series "The Blues" at San Francisco's Herbst Theatre on September 16, 2003.

Zakiya's music has carried her all over the world to perform for fans. Zakiya performs nationally and internationally. She has performed at the world famous Fillmore Auditorium, the San Francisco Blues Festival, the Monterey Blues & Jazz Festival and many, many more. She has been on the cover of several well known trade magazines including Billboard Magazine. Zakiya's voice can be heard on advertisements for Lexus and AIWA and also on the soundtrack of the movie Chalk which has won awards from the Camera d'Or at Cannes and Grand Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in San Francisco.

Zakiya Hooker is John Lee Hooker's living legacy. She is the singer-songwriter daughter of this American Icon and she is carrying her father's seminal blues torch confidently into the future. Her bluesy jazz sounds take you in and out of songs like "Hey Lady", "Baby You Busted", "New Orleans Rain", "Protect Me From The Blues", "Crossroads", "I Want To Hug You" and many more from her songbook. To see Zakiya perform is a treat in itself. She is a versatile vocalist and a fantastic performer. Her shows are lively, upbeat, witty, emotional and most of all entertaining.

Zakiya is available for Casinos, Celebrations, Christmas Parties, New Year's Eve, Nightclubs, Clubs, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Parties, Country Clubs, Crusie Ships, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fairs, Fund Raisers, Grand Openings, Hotels, Jingles, Movie Soundtracks, Private Parties, Resorts, Restaurants, Studio Session, TV Soundtracks, Blues Society Events or any other occasion you might come up with. Let Zakiya entertain you with the best in blues and jazz. Catch her performance whenever you can.

DISCOGRAPHY

Another Generation Of The Blues (1993) Silvertone - Zakiya Hooker

Flavors Of The Blues (1997) Pointblank/Virgin - Zakiya Hooker

Every Woman's Blues (1998) Shanachie Records - Various Artists - *Baby You Busted - Zakiya Hooker

From Clarksdale To Heaven (2002) Blue Storm Music - John Lee Hooker - Various Artists - *I Want To Hug You - Zakiya Hooker/Johnnie Johnson/Bobby Murray

Colors Of The Blues (2003) Indie - Live In Buenos Aires, Argentina - Zakiya Hooker

Face To Face (2003) John Lee Hooker - *Zakiya Hooker - Vocals

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Zakiya performs originals and blues covers.

Hey Lady
Loving People ***
Memory Left To Lose
Love Hotel *
Dirty Things
Mean Mean World ***
Keep Your Pants On
Funny But I Still Love You
Angel Of The Blues
Hang On For A While *
Stones In My Passway
New Orleans Rain
Baby You Busted *
Look Me Up
Protect Me From The Blues *
Art Of Divorce *
Receipt To Sing The Blues
Let's Do Something *
Drowning In Your Love
Bit By Love (Hard Times) ***
Damn Your Eyes
Nobody Knows You
Rainy Rainy Day
Rock These Blues Away
Big Boss Man
Last Two Dollars
Crossroads
I Want To Hug You
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
The Sky Is Cryin'
The Thrill Is Gone
Down Home Blues
Blues is Alright
Standing on Shakey Ground
I Can't Stand The Rain
and many, many more...

***Duet with John Lee Hooker
*Original songs written by Zakiya Hooker & Ollan Christopher
**Written by John Lee Hooker & Zakiya Hooker

 

Zakiya Hooker - Venue Performances

AWIA – Commercial

Alameda County Fair                                                          Alameda                                 CA

Art & Soul Festival                                                              Oakland                                 CA

B.B. King’s Blues Club                                                       Universal City                       CA

Banff                                                                                                                                      BC

Barbeques Brew & Blues                                                    Reno                                       NV

Benbow Art & Music                                                          Benbow                                 CA

Bimbo’s 365 with Peter Green                                            San Francisco                       CA

Biscuits & Blues                                                                  San Francisco                       CA

Black Diamond Blues Festival                                           Pittsburg                                CA

Bottomline                                                                             NY                                          NY

Boulder Station                                                                    Las Vegas                              NV

Buffalo Bill                                                                            Whistler                                 BC

Casa Del Sol                                                                          Reno                                       NV

Catalyst                                                                                 Santa Cruz                             CA

Coco’s Blues Club                                                               Koh Samui                            Thailand

Concord Pavillion                                                                Concord                                 CA

Copia Wine & Art Museum                                               Napa                                       CA

Experience Music Project/Jimmie Hendrix                        Seattle                                    WA

Fillmore Auditorium                                                             San Francisco                       CA

Fountain Blues Festival                                                      San Jose                                 CA

Great American Music Hall                                                San Francisco                       CA

Herbst Theatre/Macromedia Conference                         San Francisco                       CA

House of Blues                                                                     Anaheim                                CA

House of Blues                                                                     Boston                                   MA

House of Blues                                                                     Hollywood                            CA

Jasper                                                                                     Alberta                                  Canada

JJ’s                                                                                         Mountain View                     CA

JJ’s                                                                                         San Jose                                CA

KCSM Jazz On The Hill                                                       San Mateo                            CA

Kelowna                                                                                                                                BC

Kingfish                                                                                 San Mateo                            CA

Lou’s Pier 47                                                                         San Francisco                       CA

Luther Burbank                                                                    Santa Rosa                            CA

Luzerne Blues Festival                                                        Luzerne                                  Switzerland

Mammoth Mountain Bluesapalooza Festival                  Mammoth                              CA

Marin Blues Festival                                                           Marin City                             CA

Mateel Center for the Arts                                                 Redway                                  CA

Maxwell’s                                                                              Paris                                       France

Moe’s Alley                                                                          Soquel                                   CA

Monterey Blues Festival                                                    Monterey                              CA

Movie Soundtrack – Chalk – SF Film Fest                       San Francisco                      CA

Munson Proctor Art Institute                                            Utica                                      NY

Navarro General Store                                                         Navarro                                 CA

Poolokaville                                                                          Santa Cruz                            CA

Powerhouse Pub                                                                  Folsom                                  CA

Queens                                                                                  Nanaimo                                BC

Radio City Music Hall – Martin Scorsese                        NY                                          NY

Radio Commercial – LEXUS

Russell City Blues Festival                                                Hayward                                CA

Sacramento Blues Festival                                                 Sacramento                           CA

San Francisco Blues Festival                                             San Francisco                      CA

Saxaphone Club                                                                   Bangkok                                Thailand

Sidetrack                                                                                Edmonton                             Calgary

Sonoma Theatre/TV Show                                                 Sonoma                                  CA

Sonora Blues Festival                                                         Sonora                                    CA

Strathcona Hotel                                                                  Victoria                                   BC

Sweetwater                                                                            Mill Valley                             CA

Vallejo Blues Festival                                                          Vallejo                                    CA

West Coast Live/Radio                                                       San Francisco                       CA

Yale                                                                                        Vancouver                             CA

Yoshi’s                                                                                  San Francisco                       CA         

 

 


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