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mandag den 4. oktober 2010

John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom


This is a performance from the 60's by blues legend John Lee Hooker. He performs it with an electric guitar accompanied by himself. It's a great performance, and the foot tapping is just excellent and done with perfect timing. It's a nice throw back to the roots of the blues, artists like Robert Johnson who would also tap the rhythm with his foot as he was recording. Now it's just done with an electric guitar instead.
The song also gained some notoriety when featured in "The Blues Brothers", John himself cameos in the film as a South Side Chicago street musician.
A great song, and a great performance.

Enjoy ; )

tirsdag den 28. september 2010

Correction - Wrong Song Title

Correction for this post: Eric Clapton - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
I recently posted a song that I at the time thought was called "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day". It isn't a wrong title, but the song has several titles depending on who recorded it.
The original title is "Rollin' and Tumblin'", but Robert Johnson recorded the song under the title "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day" and John Lee Hooker recorded a version under the title "Rollin' Blues". The most famous version is Muddy Waters' version under the title "Rolling and Tumbling", removing the apostrophes.
The reason I post this correction is that it's always important to acknowledge the roots, and I believe Clapton uses the original title for his version.