John Lee Hooker (1917-2001) was a unique musician from Mississippi. He often used open tunings on his guitar (open G or A) and did not care much about the often used 12 bar structure of the blues. He recorded since 1948 - alone and with other musicians:
From Eddie Burns and Eddie Kirkland - his lesser known guitarists who were Detroit based like him in the 50's - to Eddie Taylor, Motown's Funk Brothers with legendary Bassplayer James Jamerson (on BOOM BOOM), Muddy Waters or even Martha Reeves & the Vandellas in the 60's to Rock musicians like Canned Heat, Van Morrison, Carlos Santana or the Groundhogs from the UK who were his back-up band when he visited Europe the first time after his appereance with the American Folk Blues Festival from 1962. He even recorded with legendary trumpet player Miles Davis a soundtrack for a film in 1990.
After my tributes to Jimmy Reed and Sonny Boy Williamson II I have chosen John Lee Hooker for my third blues cartoon because he was the first bluesman I ever saw live 30 years ago when I was a teenager. Like usual I did the animation and played all instruments by myself. My intension was not to sound as similar as the original but to honor the music in my way.
I hope I am able to entertain you a little bit and make appetite for the original artists.
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