JOHN LEE HOOKER

JOHN LEE HOOKER - February 27, 1970 at Reed College Commons near Portland, Oregon - First Printing Concert Poster (printed previous to the concert date, unlike the cheap bootleg reprint of this item which appears on ebay from time to time) - 10 15/16" x 17" - Black offset printing by Corberry Press in Portland, on goldenrod colored card stock (index) - Features photo of John Lee Hooker's head, w/thin moustache - Design/Artwork by the late, great Cathy Weinstein (aka Hedda Goldspace), from whom I purchased both copies of the poster and the original artwork in early 2003 - Artwork features ornate rub-off lettering and other rub off type artwork - I've only seen two copies of this original poster in the 9+ years I searched extensively for concert posters and handbills in the Portland area! - Each poster has an extremely light, difficult to see, diagonal corner bend at the lower left or lower right corner, Ultra Mega Rare - Pristine A-/B+ condition - SOLD

Full view of the John Lee Hooker concert poster:

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High Res, larger image of the poster (actual color of the stock is more goldenrod than the shade featured in this image):

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Closeup of lower left corner bump on one of the posters:

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Close-up of the lower right corner bump on the other poster:

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JOHN LEE HOOKER - Sun, March 18, 1984 (1979 is an alternate, though slim, possibility) at Starry Night (in Portland, Oregon) - First Printing Concert Poster - 16 7/8" x 10 31/32" - Features photo of John Lee with white hat and smile, typeset lettering above and below - Blue printing on white index stock - Four rough staple holes (paper is either gone or punched through on several of the holes, at least 2 are missing a bit of paper) - I've only seen three copies in the 9+ years I extensively searched for concert poster and handbills in the Portland area! - Ultra Mega Rare - Nice B/B- to B- shape (easily restored or frameable as is) - Inquire for Availability & Current Price

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JOHN LEE HOOKER - "AN EVENING OF BLUES" April 14th 1984 (1979 is a narrow possibility) at the Starry Night (Portland, Oregon) - First/Only printing Concert Poster - 11" x 17" - Black and white on thick, white, index paper - Features black and white photo of John Lee wearing watch, hat and smilin' with typeset letting above and below - Six rough staple holes, small amount of paper missing at one or two holes on both copies - I've only seen three copies of this item during the 9+ years I extensively searched for concert posters in the Portland area! - Ultra Mega Rare - Nice B- condition - Inquire for Availability & Current Price

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BG-54-PC-C - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - JOHN LEE HOOKER - STU GARDNER - MARCH 10-12, 1967 at the Fillmore Auditorium - First printing handbill printed as a postcard - Mailer (Ultra Rare in this form) - 4 15/16" x 7 1/4" - Clean tack hole at each corner, upper left corner has two. Minor 3" or so bend in image area (does NOT flake color, hard to see in a plastic page book) Non-brown chin version (rarer) - Inquire for Availability / Current Price

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BG-54-PC-A - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - JOHN LEE HOOKER - STU GARDNER - MARCH 10-12, 1967 at the Fillmore Auditorium - First printing postcard - 4 15/16" x 7 1/4" - Same artwork / concert as above - Has writing on backside (doesn't affect front) and was carefully attached to a book page at one point leaving only very minor evidence at each of the corners on backside - zip code stamp over place stamp here on backside - Brown chin version / variant of this item - Pristine B+ condition -Inquire for Availability / Current Price