“I Cover the Waterfront” by John Lee Hooker
(Words: Edward Heyman, Lyrics: Johnny Green, Album: The Ultimate Collection, Rhino 1991)
Nothing like a classic bluesman’s rendition of a classic blues song. Enjoy!
Van Morrison & John Lee Hooker - Serves Me Right to Suffer / Syndicator (JL Hooker)
Two of my favorites together.
John Lee Hooker - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
If you put this on repeat, you get totally shitfaced.
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“Crawling King Snake” by The Doors
(Words/Music: John Lee Hooker, Album: L.A. Woman, Elektra 1971)
C’mon crawl
C’mon crawl
Get on out there on your hands and knees, baby
Crawl all over me
Just like the spider on the wall
Ooo, we gonn’ crawl, one more
(Words/Music: Rudy Toombs, Album: The Real Folk Blues, Chess Records 1966)
themesong: ach scottish
There’s really never a bad time to post this song. It’s John Lee Hooker playing his version of a song written by Rudy Toombs which most people know as the second half of George Thorogood’s (which begins with an adaptation of Hooker’s “House Rent Boogie.”
I’m in the mood, I’m in the mood for love, yes I am…
John Lee Hooker - Bonnie Raitt - I’m in the mood
One of my favorite collaborations, ever.
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