Sunday, July 15, 2012

July 16, 1957: John Lee Hooker plays at the Club Basin Street on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, USA


From 1955 to 1964, John Lee Hooker was mainly under contract with Vee Jay, although he recorded some sessions for other labels in the meantime...


When he played Detroit’s Club Basin Street he was still getting  mileage out of his Modern Records recording  
THE SYNDICATOR
(Modern 966, released in August of 1955)



And its flip side...

HUG AND SQUEEZE





In August of 1956, Vee-Jay released DIMPLES--one of John’s biggest hits (Vee-Jay 205) on the VJ album “I’m John Lee Hooker” 

He surely treated the Club Basin Street with this one!


R.I.P. JOHN ~ DETROIT LOVES YA STILL!!!



 
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