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Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Well there’s only one thing for it . . . . Let’s BOOGIE!

John Lee Hooker performs "Boogie With The Hook" live on the The Midnight Special | August 30, 1974. Hosted by B.B. King with special guest appearances by Papa John Creach, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Paul Butterfield's Better Days, Big Mama Thornton, Joe Williams, Jimmy Witherspoon and Wolfman Jack.
John Lee Hooker: "Fancy chords don't mean nothin' if you ain't got that beat; throw the fancy chords away." You still feel that way?
The blues is the blues ‑ it's a feelin', y'know? You can't get that out of a book. It's a feeling that's in a talent that you got inside of you; it just comes out.

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