TRIBUTE TO JOHN LEE HOOKER
J'ai vu et revu John Lee Hooker dès les années 1960 en concert. Un bluesman gigantesque qui est revenu en Europe de très nombreuses fois. J'ai eu la chance de l'interviewer à Washington dans son (très modeste) hôtel tandis qu'il se produisait dans un club de Georgetown en solo, n'ayant alors plus les moyens de payer un orchestre. Personnage peu disert mais chaleureux et ravi d'être apprécié. J'ai écrit la toute première biographie de Mr John Lee. J'ai composé ce "Tribute" à la mort de Hooker et nous l'avons joué dans pratiquement tous nos concerts.
I saw John Lee Hooker perform live time and again starting in the 1960s. He was a legendary bluesman who returned to Europe countless times. I had the chance to interview him in Washington at his (very modest) hotel while he was performing solo at a club in Georgetown, as he could no longer afford to pay for a band. He was a man of few words but warm and delighted to be appreciated. I wrote the very first biography of Mr. John Lee. I composed this “Tribute” upon Hooker’s death, and we’ve played it at nearly all of our concerts.
JOHN LEE HOOKER with EDDIE KIRKLAND
Une anthologie de la quasi totalité des titres enregistrés par John Lee Hooker avec Eddie Kirkland, son accompagnateur le plus présent (et le plus fidèle)
An anthology of nearly all the tracks recorded by John Lee Hooker with Eddie Kirkland, his most frequent (and most loyal) accompanist
John Lee Hooker with Eddie Kirkland
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Merci pour ce très beau blues en hommage à John Lee Hooker dans son style en plus! Et aussi chapeau pour la compilation des titres de Hooker avec Eddie Kirkland.
RépondreSupprimerThanks a lot for this brilliant tribute to John Lee Hooker. And the post of John Lee with his best accompanist Eddie Kirkland is a magnificent work
RépondreSupprimerMany thanks Gerard for the John Lee Hooker with Eddie Kirkland collection.
RépondreSupprimerMany thanks for this in depth collection.
RépondreSupprimerMerci beaucoup
RépondreSupprimerHi Gerard, Thank you so much for the excellent tribute. So many memories surfaced again. I probably got to see him first in Basel during the AMFB Festival 1962. I got to share this! As I had organized a Memphis Slim concert just a few months before, (I was 18 years old at the time...) I was allowed backstage. John Lee was a little lost with all those foreign speaking people around, so he was pretty happy for any help. In fact with all those fans asking for autographs, he was kind of lost as he could not write well and fast enough at the time. As he had seen I could imitate his signature quite well, he handed over a pile of LPs and asked me to sign them on his behalf! Which I did. So fans don't be mad at me if you have any of those, Almost impossible to tell the difference. Ant this was only the first of our encounters...Franco
RépondreSupprimerMany thanks for this fine collection and also I wanna say and give a compliment, "Well Done!" with your "Tribute Song"!
RépondreSupprimerSuperbe idée d'avoir rassembler les faces de ces deux géants du Blues! Encore un post gagnant! Merci Gérard.
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RépondreSupprimerHello Gérard!
RépondreSupprimerSuperbe morceau hommage, et comme d’habitude une anthologie excellente.
En un mot, Merci.
Barbar Drunker.