Hump Day Happy Hour - John Lee Hooker

It's another day of the usual excitement here in Sheridan - which is to say, not much. It's been threatening to rain pretty much all day but hasn't done a whole lot of anything so far. Ah, the joys of April.

I pulled Gillian, my hollowbody Ibanez ArtCore, out for the first time in a few months over the weekend and dusted off some old copies of GuitarOne - including one with a transcription of John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom." If you've only heard one tune by the man, this is probably it (not counting George Thorogood's cover of "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"), and it kicks equal amounts of ass whether he's backed by a band (like in the clip) or just on his own, stomping his feet. This is the kind of song that'll make the gray go away.



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