John Lee Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 70cl

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If you terminate your account, you will no longer have access to the Service and your Contributions (specified below), if any. It was recorded in Chicago in 1966 with Hooker on vocal and guitar, guitarist Eddie "Guitar" Burns, and unknown accompanists.

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g. purchase, investment) whatsoever based on the Service you should consider obtaining third party professional/expert advice on the matter, and you should consider whether such the decision is suitable and feasible with respect to (inter alia) your financial status and situation, your particular knowledge/experience on the matter (e. His version takes full advantage of the directness of his acoustic guitar style, sometimes paring a solo down to a single repeated note. However, biographer Charles Shaar Murray, while acknowledging Hooker's song is "derived from Amos Milburn's [song]", believes Hooker made the song his own as he had done in adapting several other earlier popular tunes.It’s a rolling standard that is often recognized as some of Hooker’s best, most quintessential blues work. The mash bill adds a hint of sweetness, making this an approachable, easy-drinking but satisfying bourbon. When the flavours start to come through it’s vanilla, toffee and dusty corn together with honey and a thin fruity note. What’s more, Hooker’s rocking backing band features some players Chuck Berry used on his hits, including Lafayette Leake on loosey-goosey piano. Considered to be sweeter than traditional whiskey, it has bitter notes but an overall flavour profile of vanilla, caramel and oak.

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Released during the latter part of his musical career, ‘The Healer’ is the title track to one of the blues’ defining modern compilation albums. Hooker honed the blues into something new – a grinding, hymnal vamp, which he finessed for all it was worth. We may, but are not under any obligation, to release new functionalities and tools or other features for the Service every now and then. That adds a feel-good factor to the purchase before you even begin to enjoy the smoky, peppery and caramel-laced goodness from the Limestone Branch distillery.One of Hooker’s most popular tracks to date, ‘Dimples’ is a prime example of why this bluesman received the nickname “King of the Boogie. Their tandem recording won Hooker his first Grammy, while the album earned the star his highest-listed album on the pop chart. Hooker’s early songs were all singles, for a variety of labels, but he later developed into a prolific album artist imitated by thousands. Other artists released popular recordings of the song, including John Lee Hooker in 1966 and George Thorogood in 1977. d) the right to license, use, sell, archive, reproduce, distribute, modify, perform, publish, create derivative works from, offer for sale, or use of the Service.

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Hooker's song is notated as a medium tempo blues with an irregular number of bars in 4/4 time in the key of E.

John Lee Hooker rearranged the text a bit, recorded it [in] 1966, but it's still essentially Toombs' original. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" is one of Amos Milburn's popular alcohol-themed songs, that included " Bad, Bad Whiskey" (1950), "Thinking and Drinking" (1952), "Let Me Go Home, Whiskey" (1953), and "Good, Good Whiskey" (1954). Woodford has flavours of barbecued corn-on-the cob, blackened fruitcake, gingerbread and dark bitter chocolate. In 1995, guitarist Carlos Santana once again paired up with John Lee Hooker, this time for their song ‘Chill Out’ featured on Hooker’s album by the same name. Over a sexy shuffle pattern, for this particular recording, John Lee Hooker and slide queen Bonnie Raitt duet, harmonizing and trading vocal runs with each other.