Recorded live in Chicago in 1977, this captures a a brief set by each of these blues legends. The Albert King set finds him in excellent form, tearing up his guitar on "Born Under a Bad Sign" and "I Worked Hard," and turning in fine vocals on "The Very Thought of You" and the title track, here mistitled as "When You Down." John Lee Hooker's set is a typical... More boogie-infested one, with sol...
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The inspirational is hard to obtain.................growing up in Southern California has been interesting, to say the least I’ve never felt as if I belonged here. You walk outside and some kid hands you a flyer to his show at ......wherever. Entertaining enough, I wonder if this kids dream obtainable? I’ve seen many bands and I wonder to myself, what does it take in order for a band to achie
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In light of the storm that is going on down in the gulf right now, and with the last video being called Tupelo I thought that a little John Lee Hooker was in order.I sure do hope everybody stays safe down there. You can always rebuild your house, people in Louisiana, Mississippi and other parts of the gulf have been doing that for hundreds of years, and writing and singing blues songs about it ...
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it sure is quiet around heremaybe i should shake things up a bit
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Sick meaning awesome, of course. This song has such an infectious (get it?) groove, and just listen to the guitar playing in this video:Then again, what else would you expect from the great John Lee Hooker?
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Here's mine. I love the rhythm and drone aspect of Hooker's distinctive blues, they put me in a trance of sorts. I just recently started listening to him and only have this one album - That's Where It's At! Suggestions are appreciated for further investment.
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Been listening to John Lee Hooker a lot lately. Always seemed to me to be a summer blues type. I had the pleasure of seeing him a couple of times in the late seventies in Detroit at the Soup Kitchen. This is the first record I got on Vee-Jay records. It is a little later than the original Detroit sides of the late 40's and early 50's, probably mid 50's. His voice and playing was a little fuller...
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| 1 I Need You |
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| 2 My Love Comes Down for You |
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| 3 She Shot Me Down |
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| 4 I Love Her |
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| 5 Graveyard Blues |
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