T.B. Sheets - John Lee Hooker

"T.B. Sheets," from the Van Morrison album "Blowin' Your Mind "67, was covered on the John Lee Hooker album "Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive" 72.

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[ColtonCernyMusic]

This is hardly a cover of T.B. Sheets. I mean its a great jam but the only thing it has to do with Van's version is that John Borrowed the phrase/title "T.B. Sheets". The lyrics and story are completley different and are told from different points of view. Personally i prefer Van's version way more but again I still think this is pretty damn good

[Tubyubber]

@shutemdwn less is more.

[ztone22]

This is the blues, most everything else called that, is bullshit...

[Manu9078]

@sun10lion that's so cool!!! Which one was your boyfriend?? I know that theres a vid or two here on youtube that has van playing with soundhole. Live at the orphanage I believe it's called

[sun10lion]

I had this album when I was in high school. I'm 56 years old. When I was 18 my boyfriend worked for a band called "Sound Hole" they used to play back up for Van Morrison & they used to jam with John Lee all the time. Don't put John Lee down as Van looked up to John Lee.

[Goatoftheforest]

One of the most under-appreciated artists ever

[Hoodooswamp]

This is from the live album "The Cream". Recorded in 1977, just after Elvis died.

[monkeytown1000]

@ColtonCernyMusic

Well where did Van The Man get the idea to write a song about illness called 'TB Sheets'? Maybe from 'TB Blues', a song blues muso Victoria Spivey was singing in the 1920s? (There's a clip on YT of her doing it in the '60s) also covered by Champion Jack Dupree & Jimmie Rodgers in the '30s.

Not that it matters....

[jimmy128100]

@bubbaz88

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[drycreamer]

@kamsack

It's a poor decision to speed up the blues...

[laurenmargaux]

@dave10524

Van Morrison wrote this in 1967; JLH covered it on a 1973 album.

[jakeizlove]

Thanks so much for posting this song!! Been looking a long, long time for it.