Wow the music in Heaven just got sensationally better, the master of Blues is dead http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/21/hooker.obit/index.html ------------------ "The things I enjoy most, I suck at: 1) Sex: everything's fine until she makes noises." - Achebe Smegs Mock Draft [This message has been edited by SmeggySmeg (edited June 21, 2001).]
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I heard it on KTRH yesterday at 4PM. Got on the 'net and went to AP and they confirmed it. Went to the bluesjam at DanElectro's last night and we built a candle shrine. Played a couple of his songs. Lots of friends of mine came and we reminisced. Jammed & drank all night long. Didn't get home till 3AM. My head is pounding. I got to see him at the 1978 Juneteenth Blues Festival when I was 17. He was something to see, and he will be missed tremendously. He was one of the last of the great country blues artists. There will never be anyone quite like him. ------------------ "Blues is a Healer" --John Lee Hooker
I was reminded last night of a great John Lee Hooker story. John Lee Hooker is in a nightclub in New York in 1977. He is sitting at a table with two beautiful women, one at each side. John Belushi enters the club, sees Hooker, and (blues fan that he was) goes up to Hooker's table to introduce himself. "Hello, Mr. Hooker, I'm a big fan of your music. My name is John Belushi" "Huh?" "My name is John Belushi. I'm a television star." "Huh?" "I'm John Belushi. I'm on television." Hooker looks him up and down, and after a few seconds, he says.. "Oh yeah. You're one of them Muppets, ain't you!" ------------------ "Blues is a Healer" --John Lee Hooker
Great story RocketManTex. Thanks for sharing. ------------------ When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.- Albert Einstein
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