![]() I’d started work on the Rugby Advertiser the previous summer, aged just 16. And I’ve managed to convince him that I’m capable of doing the man justice with an interview.Īs an apprentice blues fan, I was already familiar with Hooker’s Crawling King Snake, and particularly liked his version of One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, songwriter Rudy Toombs’ magnificent homage to the joys and perils of alcohol, which had first been recorded by Amos Milburn back in 1953.īut let’s wind back my own tape for just a moment. That’s right… sitting at a table was John Lee Hooker, famed American bluesman, playing a gig in my town tonight. ![]() Raising an eyebrow by way of recognition, he said: “ Are you the chap from the Rugby Advertiser?” I nodded, while at the same time fumbling to find my press card. He was expecting me, as we’d talked on the phone earlier. ![]() ![]() It was the drummer from London rock group The Machine. Reporter John Phillpott… interviewed blues legend John Lee Hooker.Ī door opened. Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
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