John Lee Hooker: It Serves Me Right To Suffer

John Lee Hooker - It Serves Me Right To Suffer (Come See About Me - 1969)
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John Lee Hooker's reputation as one of the all time great bluesmen is acknowledged around the world. http://smarturl.it/JohnLHookerCSAMdvd
This remarkable programme, compiled in collaboration with the John Lee Hooker estate, features vintage Hooker performances, both solo and in collaboration with some of his many admirers. Also featured are vintage interview clips with John Lee Hooker.

John Lee Hooker - It Serves Me Right To Suffer (Come See About Me - 1969)

John Lee Hooker: blues cartoon tribute

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.
Thank you

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