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Great Blues Man, Great Blues Music. “John Lee Hooker was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. From a musical family, he was a cousin of Earl Hooker. John was also influenced by his stepfather, a local blues guitarist, who learned in Shreveport, Louisiana to play a droning, one-chord blues that was strikingly different from the Delta blues of the time. John developed a half-spoken style that was his trademark. Though, similar to the early Delta blues, his music was rhythmically free. His best known songs include “Boogie Chillen” (1948) and “Boom Boom” (1962)”
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Dude, if you go to …
Dude, if you go to Tower Records or any giant music store, they practically need a seperate room for all the JLH work.
And that’s the …
And that’s the truth.
Good music doesn’t …
Good music doesn’t sell..
the greatest blues
the greatest blues
Does anyone know if …
Does anyone know if this is available on dvd, or at least what tv show/ year, etc this amazing performance was taken from?
thanks.
G x
Just Hypnotic….
Just Hypnotic….
it could be C …
it could be C standard maybe, so the same fingering just a lower sound
You’ve got to love …
You’ve got to love the blues!!!
JLH - what a great, expressive voice…
Yes, it is standard …
Yes, it is standard tuning
There’s a good …
There’s a good version with new video of this also on the “Come and See About Me” DVD.
Dose anyone know if …
Dose anyone know if this is standard tuning? it sounds a bit low
Man, I wish I had …
Man, I wish I had been into the blues before ‘01. JLH was one cool kat! Why don’t people make good music anymore?
HI and I got to see …
HI and I got to see him and many other great blues men and boy I am glad that I glad about that. Thanks for posting this!
The Only Real Blues …
The Only Real Blues!!!
Excellent!
5 stars …
Excellent!
5 stars!!!!!
George Vreeland Hill
For what it’s worth …
For what it’s worth, Wiki says the flood was in April 1936.
Wow! that was …
Wow! that was amazing! his blues is so soulful!
This brought tears …
This brought tears to my eyes…what an artist, those sounds went right into my heart.Like a whisper and yet so powerful. Thank you so much for this wonderful clip.
When he gets quiet …
When he gets quiet like that…he sounds a bit like jimi hendrix when HE goes quiet. So like Jimi said, everybody took a bit from these guys.
nice how he does …
nice how he does the rain.
Slow, cool blues at …
Slow, cool blues at its best.
I like this because …
I like this because its about real suffering, real people, praying, history, and last but not least its about a musical style that is part of the culture of America.
hendrix was …
hendrix was definitely influenced by hookers playing, listen to voodoo chile blues or midnight lightning.
I don’t think the …
I don’t think the concept of race is valuable or even real for start.
Its all about melanine folks.
Lets not talk about …
Lets not talk about race, but what the main problem is, fake christians!