Hot Tuna — Hot Tuna
The deficiency of my Hot Tuna collection is a little embarrassing, especially given how big a Jefferson Airplane fan I am. I’ve always known that Hot Tuna was essentially Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady...
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Hot Tuna — Burgers
I wrote not too long ago about about how very, very late I was to the Hot Tuna scene. But in a very short time, I’ve really made up for it. Since last November,...
John Lee Hooker — John Lee Hooker
If I haven’t said this before, I should, just to remind myself: If you see a John Lee Hooker record, buy it. For one thing, even if it has the same song titles as...
John Lee Hooker — I’m John Lee Hooker
As I’ve already said, JLH released and re-released a lot of the same or similar songs – different title, different version, different session. So if you scoop up two different records that both have “I’m...
John Lee Hooker – The Healer
I said last time that I’m more of a fan of John Lee Hooker solo than with other players. And I’ve said before that I’m not really a fan of big name guest stars...
John Lee Hooker – Burnin’
Do you have a record dealer who will literally chase you down the street with something he thinks you need to see? I do, and I’m not complaining. I was walking down to the...
John Lee Hooker — I’m John Lee Hooker
This is a beautiful Spanish 180 gram reissue of a 1959 Vee Jay release. The tracks are from 1955-59, and, as with the other John Lee Hooker discs, they sound like they could have...
John Lee Hooker — The Real Folk Blues
The Real Folk Blues was a series issued by Chess Records from 1965-67, intended to introduce audiences to the blues that were then being idolized and reinterpreted by so many British Invasion artists. Marshall...
John Lee Hooker — Plays & Sings the Blues
There are very few artists who mean more to me than John Lee Hooker. Ever since I really started to dig down deep, after seeing him perform in Saratoga in 1990 (Lee had seen...
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