John Lee Hooker

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JOHN LEE HOOKER - "Shake it baby"

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JOHN LEE HOOKER - Hoogie Boogie

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JOHN LEE HOOKER - Money - IMPULSE!

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John Lee Hooker- I Need Some Money

From the "That's My Story" album. The best version. The best thing in life is free, but you can give it to the birds an' bees I need some money, need some money Oh, yeah, what I want Your love gimme such a thrill, but your lovin' don' t pay my bills I need some money, need some money Oh, yeah, what I want I need some money, honey I need some money right away I need some money bad I need some money Oh, yeah, what I want Money don't get ever'thing it's true But what it don't buy, daddy, I can't use I need money, I need money, yeah What I want (spoken: I need some money, honey I need some money so bad All o' my bills behind I need some money right now I know your love is good, baby) I need some money, oh yeah What I want What I want

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John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat - "Whiskey & Wimmen" John was a true bluesman. He told stories about his life and observations of life in general. This is why he sounds so "earthy" and sparse. He reduced everything to its essentials. You're right? - he got more out of one chord than most of us can with a whole bunch of them.

I love the minimalist side of John Lee Hooker. He simply uses one chord in some of his songs but he squeezes this chord so much that, he gets much more life out of that one chord then other blues-man who go 1-4-5 chord progression and can't give such a dense feeling. One good example to this is his "I'm bad, like Jesse James". So simple and pure, yet? so dense. I love JLH