Another blues great passes...


Blues singer John Lee Hooker died today at age 83 in his home in the San Francisco area.........
sdcampbell

"Doin' everything the Dr. told me not to do, drinkin' bout a quart a day" (John Lee Hooker)
Very sad to hear, but thanks for the notice Sd. John Lee Hooker was certainly one of the all time great Bluesmen. I'll spin his music until I die. Craig
Heard the news on the radio this morning. I had no idea he was in his 80's already!

jd
"Sad, sad day..." to paraphrase M.Water. At home we always referred to J-L as "granddad" ("let's spin some granddad and boogie...").
I've reached the dubious stage in life where I've been watching all of the great blues singers and jazz artists that I grew up listening to passing from the scene. On the one hand, it's sad, but how fortunate that we've lived in a time when their music was recorded for posterity. When jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd died last December, I grieved a bit because I took guitar lessons from Charlie when I was in high school, and I've always loved his music. John Lee's death has also bothered me, but for different reasons. He was probably the last of the truly great Mississippi delta blues stylists, and there is no one who will replace him.