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17 December 2010

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Fred Stagg

John Lee Hooker, one trick pony? No.
JLH, Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf and others like them, have a sound. They also create or have created music from a deep rooted passion and experience. And yes, much of what they produce sounds like their other stuff. Let's remember that the genre is but 12 bars, a nasty backbeat and lyrical subject matter that often hits most of us somewhere south of the waistline. That is the essence of the blues. In the case of "Boom, Boom", I suspect this is the sort of repackaging shuck that record companies are famous for when marketing legendary artists with limited repitoires. There seems to be no end to the number of greatest/best of/all time favorite hits albums availible. Remember the series of "20th Century Masters/Millenium Collection" releases that began appearing about 10 years back?

David

Fair points, Fred. I was tired and in a tetchy mood. So it is heresy.

And I haven't heard of Hubert Sumlin before, so there's someone to check out.

Fred Stagg

Hubert Sumlin has done some solo work in recent years. His original claim to fame was his guitar work with Howlin' Wolf's band. Here is a terrific version of Killing Floor he performed with Clapton and few other upstarts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm3yJC6g-5M

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