Born near Clarksdale, Mississippi on August 22, 1917 to a sharecropping family, John Lee Hooker's earliest musical influence came from his stepfather, Will Moore. By the early 1940's Hooker had moved north to Detroit by way of Memphis and Cincinnati. Hooker found work as a janitor in the auto factories, and at night, like many other transplants from the rural Delta, he entertained friends and neighbors by playing at "house parties". He was "discovered" by record storeowner Elmer Barbee who took him to Bernard Besman, who was a producer, record distributor and owner of Sensation Records, Besman leased some of his early Hooker recordings to Modern Records. Among Hooker's first recordings in 1948, "Boogie Chillen" became a number one jukebox hit for Modern and his first million seller. This was soon followed by an even bigger hit with "I'm In The Mood" and other classic recordings including "Crawling Kingsnake" and "Hobo Blues." Another surge in his career took place with the release of more than 100 songs on Vee Jay Records during the 1950's and 1960's.

When the young bohemian audiences of the 1960's "discovered" Hooker along with other blues originators, he and various he and others made a brief return to folk blues. Young British artist such as the Animals, John Mayall, and the Yardbirds introduced Hooker's sound to the new and eager audiences whose admiration and influence helped build Hooker to superstar status in the mid - 60's England. By 1970 he had moved to California and worked on several projects with rock musicians, notably Van Morrison and Canned Heat. Canned Heat modeled their sound after Hooker's boggie and collaborated with him on several albums and tours.

During the late 1970's and much of the 1980's, Hooker toured the U.S. and Europe steadily but grew disenchanted with recording, through his appearance in the Blues Brothers movie resulted in a heightened profile. Then, in 1989, The Healer was released to critical acclaim and sales in excess of a million copies. Today the "The King Of The Boggie" is enjoying the most successful period of his extensive career. In the past ten years Hooker's influence has contributed to a booming interest in the blues and, notably, its acceptance by the music industry as a commercially viable entity.

Hooker's career has been a series a highlights and special events since the release of The Healer. In addition to recording his on albums Mr. Lucky, Boom Boom, Chill Out, and Don't Look Back for Pointblank / Virgin, he contributed to

One bourbon, One Scotch, and one beer.
One Bourbon, One Scotch, and one beer.
Hey mister bartender come in here!
I want another drink and I want it now.
My baby she's gone, she's been gone tonight,
I aint's seen my baby since the night before last.
One bourbon, one scotch and one beer.

Spoken:

And then I sat there,
gettin high, mellow, knocked out, feelin good.
And by that time, I looked on the wall,
at the old clock on the wall.
By that time it was 10:30.
I looked down at the bar, at the bartender.
He said, "What do you want Johnny?"

Sung:

One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.


Well my baby's gone, she's been gone tonight.
I ain't seen my baby since the night before last.
I wanna get drunk, get her off of my mind.
One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.


Spoken:

And I saty there, getting high, stoned, knocked out,
And by that time, I looked on the wall,
At the old clock, and by that time,
It was a quarter to two:
Last call for alcohol.
I said, "Hey Mr. Bartender"
"What do you want"

Sung:

One bourbon, one scotch and one beer.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2009г.
Надпись на стене бара "Я здесь... пил !"
А.

... вот таким Хук"ером иногда и сам бываешь.
Другой шлягер- "Настоящие герои, всегда идут в обход..." - крюк длиною в год
б"А"рмалей

... иду "One bourbon, one SCOTCH and one beer!"...
...(и Вам того же!)
и привет от сына! - только что хором прослушали (он по телефону)
С уважением
А.

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2009г.
Надпись на стене бара "Я здесь... пил !"
А.

Достаточно "Я здесь был" или "бывал" или "меня всегда здесь можно найти":)
Фильм Иоселиани вспомнился. Парижский

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... вот таким Хук"ером иногда и сам бываешь.
Другой шлягер- "Настоящие герои, всегда идут в обход..." - крюк длиною в год
б"А"рмалей

Советую иногда выходить в поисковики и проверять "СЛЕДЫ", которые остались.
Знаете как? Свое незабвенное имя ciellleben в поисковое поле и кликаете на "поиск в блогах" если Яндекс и на всех других после просто клавиша поиск.
Это видео закрепилось, кстати, за Вами, если в яндексе на свой логин кликните "видео"

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Исходное сообщение ciellleben
... иду "One bourbon, one SCOTCH and one beer!"...
...(и Вам того же!)
и привет от сына! - только что хором прослушали (он по телефону)
С уважением
А.

Спасибо, порадовали.
И сыну передавайте мою УВАЖУХУ!