Sam Myers in Detroit - mid 20th Century
from Sam Myers: The Blues is My Story, pages 121-122:
We're going to go way back a number of years to what happened with the late John Lee Hooker, who was originally from Clarksdale, Mississippi. He left home at an early time, back in the forties, went to Chicago and hung around awhile and then went to Detroit. He played the original clubs there like Henry's Swing Club and various bars around the area and all over the south and west sides of Detroit. Henry's Swing Club was on Hastings Street before they cut the expressway across it. That used to be the street in Detroit for the blues. John Lee Hooker used to play there and he wrote this song, … more >>
Jeff Horton and Sam Myers, Sam Myers: The Blues is My Story (City of Jackson, 2006), p. 121-122. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432901776186 accessed: 25 December, 2024
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'Baby Please Don't Go'
written by Big Joe Williams |
performed by John Lee Hooker, Texas Slim |
'Boogie Chillen'
written by John Lee Hooker |
performed by John Lee Hooker, Texas Slim |
'Nightmare Blues'
written by John Lee Hooker |
performed by John Lee Hooker, Texas Slim |
'Sally Mae'
written by John Lee Hooker |
performed by John Lee Hooker, Texas Slim |
Devil's Stomp'
written by John Lee Hooker |
performed by John Lee Hooker, Texas Slim |
Experience Information
Date/Time | mid 20th Century |
Medium | live, playback |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |