John HAMMOND

⬇️ JOHN HAMMOND ⬇️
(John Paul Hammond)
DISCOGRAPHY 1961-2024 (49CD/DVD)

 BIOGRAPHY 
        

John Paul Hammond (born November 13, 1942, New York City, United States) is an American blues singer and guitarist.

The son of record producer John H. Hammond, he is sometimes referred to as "John Hammond, Jr.".

Hammond is a son of the famed record producer and talent scout John Henry Hammond, Jr. and his first wife, Jemison McBride, an actress. He is a descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of the prominent Vanderbilt family.

He has a brother, Jason, and by his father's second marriage to Esme O'Brien Sarnoff, he has a stepsister, (Esme) Rosita Sarnoff. Hammond's middle name, Paul, is in honor of a friend of his father, the actor Paul Robeson. However, the younger Hammond was raised by his mother and only saw his father a few times a year while growing up.

He began playing guitar in high school, partially inspired by the album Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall. He attended Antioch College for one year, but dropped out to pursue a music career. By the mid-1960s he was touring nationally and living in Greenwich Village.

He befriended and recorded with many electric blues musicians in New York, including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, The Hawks (later known as The Band), Dr. John and Duane Allman ....

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1967-Mirrors @FLAC+

1971-Source Point (LP) @FLAC+

2003-Ready For Love @FLAC+

2016-Live In San Francisco 1966 @FLAC

2024-You’re Doin’ Fine-Blues at the Boarding House (3CD) @FLAC+

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VA-Blow My Blues Away (Live Long Island '72) @FLAC