Music
John Hammond’s recent problems with record sales may be eased with Tom Waits on board as producer.
March 15, 2001
John Hammond “Trouble No More” Pointblank Intensity has long been John Hammond’s hallmark in the blues world.
June 2, 1994
John Hammond, the record producer, talent scout and critic credited with the discovery or promotion of musicians ranging from Count Basie to Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, died Friday in his Manhattan apartment.
July 11, 1987
John Hammond is one of the Southland’s great jazz treasures.
Dec. 22, 2003
John Paul Hammond Lets His Feelings for the Delta Blues Do the Talking for Him
Oct. 8, 1997
Economists like to say that “a rising tide lifts all boats,” which is small comfort at a time when the country seems stuck on a sandbar, waiting uncertainly for the waves to return.
Sept. 24, 1992
Travel & Experiences
In 1962, the year John Hammond’s first album came out, John Kennedy was trying to figure out the Soviets and the Cubans, Wally and the Beaver were trying to figure out girls, and girls were trying to figure out how to get a date with Elvis or Little Joe Cartwright.
April 14, 1994
John Hammond knows how hard it is to keep good help.
May 1, 1988
For some 30 years, with nothing more than his guitar, his voice, a harmonica and the stomp of his foot, John Hammond has moved audiences with blue tales of love, lust and heartbreak. * Though he has appeared and recorded with various bands over the years, his reputation as a passionate conveyor of the Delta blues tradition has been built on solo appearances, on his ability to touch listeners with the poetry of the blues masters and the simple tools of their trade.
June 3, 1994
Entertainment & Arts
There are in all the arts non-performers who, in the final analysis, are at least as important historically as the artists they discovered and the events they precipitated.
July 19, 1987