tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post6501374210461114245..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Earl HookerGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-50921756294616250362023-02-05T22:10:32.223-05:002023-02-05T22:10:32.223-05:00I think they just wore wide lapels and added glitt...I think they just wore wide lapels and added glitter. But yes, it must have been horrifying.<br /><br />I'll have to check out 'Electric Mud.' That sounds interesting.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-91991679490588570432023-02-05T21:19:52.559-05:002023-02-05T21:19:52.559-05:00I guess they survived it. That version of “Boom, B...I guess they survived it. That version of “Boom, Boom” is sometimes called “Bang Bang Bang Bang,” a later version from the disco era. It’s the one Johnny Lee Hooker performed in 1980’s “The Blues Brothers.”Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-16358718413510995502023-02-05T21:04:52.340-05:002023-02-05T21:04:52.340-05:00BB King remarked in an interview about blues playe...BB King remarked in an interview about blues players adopting some of whatever the current musical trend was at the time, to try to stay relevant, AKA get gigs. <br /> An example might be the wah wah pedal in "Hookin'". <br />Muddy Waters made an album called 'Electric Mud", with a salting of mid sixties psychedelic rock sounds.<br />Imagine the horror of being a blues player in the disco era.......!<br />ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-85802765700083568852023-02-05T20:22:38.376-05:002023-02-05T20:22:38.376-05:00I'm glad you enjoyed it!
On "Boom, Boom&...I'm glad you enjoyed it!<br /><br />On "Boom, Boom", it's definitely Johnny singing, but for guitars the cover says Earl Hooker or Paul Asbell, so I'm not sure it's Earl on that one. By the time I realized it, though, I'd already put it in the post.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-91756711877313427112023-02-05T16:17:50.938-05:002023-02-05T16:17:50.938-05:00Oh yeah, that's Johnny Lee Hooker he's pla...Oh yeah, that's Johnny Lee Hooker he's playing with in "Boom, Boom." Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-9654750397346480612023-02-05T13:07:59.155-05:002023-02-05T13:07:59.155-05:00That was fun. Thanks!That was fun. Thanks!ravennoreply@blogger.com