JOHN LEE HOOKER - Hoogie Boogie

[bobbilse]

I'm a guitarist. I've been playing this kind of music all of my adult life, and I love it. I can never get over the INTENSITY of rhythm Hooker gets out of his guitar- leaves my jaw hanging. He could've been a helluva drummer.

The "dislikes" reflect an underdose of Preparation H.

[JohnnyGrass]

This is some of the first rock and roll right here.

[halfpipefreak]

now let's up a while ...

[theslashmetal]

peopole who don't like this are not humans

[neilembo55]

Yep boogie



[pezelbuda]

2 dislikes??? what a disrespect

[Mboiguassu]

@pezelbuda They rather listen to Justin Bieber

[Luis68720]

The King of boogie

[dabronxbudar]

money cant buy good things, only bargains make you feeeeeel gooood!!!

dont matter how much cash you have!!! thats when you enjoy it!!!

[mthirsc]

If I was down with this in 1949.....

[chinatree1]

Hello to all you hepcats! :) Fantastic stuff.

[GoodbyeBieber2]

was that before boogie chillun? 0:09 To 0:17. And WAY before La Grange

[jkdjim]

1 guy only had 78 cents.

[mogges1]

man look at the price of the record..79 cent. bet ya one couldnt touch that record for 10000 now

[ss06033]

who's the Jerkoff who push the dislike button

[gitfiddlejim]

His VJ tracks were very good, but here in late 40,s is JLH at his broodin, blusiest best, although its on Modern Label, we should nod to Bernie Bessman for recordin John in Detroit, who had the Sensation label, who then let Modern hav em.

[toodeadbroke]

@gitfiddlejim Recorded at United Sound Systems there in Detroit, whilst Bessman was the first owner (opened in 1933) before Don Davis became the second owner, which became a fantastic hit factory and had one hell of a track record.

[gitfiddlejim]

@toodeadbrok

Thanks for the extra details.

Sure did some mean lowdown numbers at that time.

No one seems to do it like that anymore. We have Paul Jones in UK, radio show, the description on the BBC say the cream, the classice of blues, yet most of the hour plays modern inferior remakes of blues, to me most of it sounds like heavy metal, if I tuned in part way through Id be hard pressed to realise it was a blues show.

Yet there is so much outstandin old stuff that many never hear.

[dex010rz]

1 man didn,t got 79 cents in his pocket

[headcheesekid]

Best 79c ever spent!

[headcheesekid]

Best 75c ever spent!

[Bluecigars]

Met JLH in 1964 on Linwood St. in Detroit. He hung out before playing the clubs and would buy a bottle from a local liquor store near the Blvd. Smooth guy from what I recall also somewhat feared.

[PorkFrog]

this song typifies John Lee's sound and how it dieefered from Mud

more drone-more country-and a whole lot more evil

if you love this like I do, check out R.L. Burnside 'Poor Black Mattie', one of john's many decedents

-cracked up below when someone said Zep was influenced by Willie Dixon

uh, Willie Dixon sued Zep for covering his songs uncredited ['I Can't Quit You' etc]and WON

saying Zep-or any 'rock'-is influenced by the blues like saying Luke Perry of 90210 was influenced by James Dean

[americanliberal09]

i love the blues the most

[FreddyFuFu]

TY SO MUCH!

[ascheepe]

Open g, a capo, some liquor and a smoke. Check. Good to go.

[Rich915]

I had the pleasure of hanging out w/ JLK at his home just B4 he passed. It was quite a memorable experience! He autographed a bunch of items for me...

[tomarowspast]

@Rich915 you realize how much of an experience you have been graced with i hope.

[mrbullsauce]

John Lee Hooker....the one and only!!

[sivvybee]

Sounds like Zeppelin liked John Lee Hooker quite a bit. Why not? He Rocked before Rock even came along.

[MrWorf510]

@sivvybee Zepplin, the Stones, and several bands were heavily influenced by rhythm and blues music men like Hooker, and Willie Dixon.

[borntrippin]

I first heard this stuff back in 1980 and it much captured my imagination!!

[1twistedtree]

i cant hardly type listening to hooker it is jumpifying

[Costadelsolshow]

el boogie de hooker es hipnótico a tope!

[Costadelsolshow]

hipnotizando al personal con su boogie, ge ni al !!

[XxCokaineXx]

Hey SPARKY wanna do us the band and all these people here a favor and take us on a trip to a magical land..... TO HOOGIE BOOGIE LAND!!!!!!!

[TheBalvis]

let me tell you what:there was only ONE John Lee on this world.and there's only one true bluesmusic...don't bother me with your soul or r'n'b crap this is the real deal thanks for postin' this one

[jahajaj]

Oooooh, yes. :)

//Tego mi było trzeba. :)

[KatzenImNebel]

Blues is the soul music!

[fredras1]

im a metal fan but i thinks blues is better to listen to on the night

[oramikleepunk]

I like metal,but blues is good music.I like it way better than C&W.

[snakeskin2u2]

Gonna tell you once ! Gonna tell you twice !

Take my advice -

Leave my wife alone !

Many thanks for posting this gem !

[electricitycomesfrom]

TUNE TUNE TUNE! 1949! 1949 for fuck sake! wild as fuck!

[dkstryker]

@electricitycomesfrom uhh is it better than all that big band shit!

[minutegongcoughs]

My god, 79 cents. Great track

[hifijohn]

@minutegongcoughs thst was a lot of money back then

[electricitycomesfrom]

Tune!

[oramikleepunk]

I want to Boogie all day and night.