'The Healer' - John Lee Hooker and Santana

'The Healer' - John Lee Hooker and Santana

Carlos Santana Flycasual John Lee Hooker Recollection Collection

Recollection Collection......musical memories recalled with affection!

 teen angst...

John Lee Hooker and Carlos Santana - 'The Healer' (1989)

This song Reminds me of a tropical getaway I went with my family in the early 90s, I can't exactly remember where but a place not too dissimilar to somewhere from the film Romancing the Stone. I was on the balcony of the room gazing out at the lush vegetation, it was stormy and the rain was lashing down. Like a proper teen brat I was sulking as I was missing my girlfriend of two weeks. It was love....she dumped me on my return!

She left you in the morning? Let the Blues heal....

Taken from John Lee Hooker's, 'The Healer' album, The song does exactly what it sets out to do, heal, Santana's guitar licks and John Lee Hooker's voice soothes like a balm. Excuse the pan pipe moods but a big song for me when I was sixteen....still is.

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WEDNESDAY CLUB - John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison/Them- Don't Look Back

WEDNESDAY CLUB - John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison/Them- Don't Look Back

John Lee Hooker Old Pa's Poetry Corner Them Van Morrison Wednesday Club

MIDWEEK CRISIS you need to let it all out, come to WEDNESDAY CLUB we have John Lee, Van the Man and Davey Lobben, he will show you how.

A Smiley Van & John Lee

JOHN LEE HOOKER & VAN MORRISON - Don't Look Back

THEM(Ft Van Morrison) - Don't Look Back

There is not much you can say about these two fabulous versions of 'Don't Look Back' they are simply brilliant, magnificent, fantastic.  John Lee Hooker had a great second career when he released the album 'The Healer' (1989). He then released several albums before he passed away in 2001 and many contemporary artist guested on these albums. Van Morrison was a long time fan of John Lee and has duetted many times with him, This is one of the best.

While I was thinking about this Post and trying not 'to look back' this little story from way back came to me. Hope you enjoy it, as I still laugh out loud when I think of it.   

The Legend of Davy Lobben

The Library, a place of quiet reflection

A place to revise and study

In silence

Fat Bess was in charge today

Her reputation was

You never messed with Fat Bess

At the top table

Me, Robbie McGregor and Davey Lobben

We were trying to make hand farts

When Robbie slipped a real one out
One of these sharp squeaky wet ones

We tried, we tried

To suppress the bubbling laughter

Davey Lobben was loosing it big time

Grunting primal sounds were coming

From deep inside his trembling body

There was an explosion

Out of his nose came the most enormous snotter

I had the privilege to ever witness

Down his tie, down his shirt exploding on the desk top

Yellow and green sticky goo!

The whole place burst with uncontrollable laughter

Vesuvius had escaped her shackles

Nothing could stop the laughter

A Tsunami of laughter

Fat Bess was getting redder and redder with anger

She had lost control

Lost control of the Library

The Legend of Davy Lobben 

Was born

If you are not familiar with Them check out immediately as they were magnificent and so underrated.

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