Eddie Kirkland played with John Lee Hooker for a number of years on all his major recordings, so he has connections to Clarksdale, where John Lee Hooker is from and he also tells a story about a Crossroads experience.
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Related 'Boogie Chillen',' by John Lee Hooker - that is a riff. JIMMY PAGE I've always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix. EDDIE MONEY I've always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix. EDDIE MONEY I think I heard the name Muddy Waters first, then John Lee Hooker. HERBIE HANCOCK I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, ... OTIS RUSH My musical education was grounded in blues and Chicago blues - John Lee Hooker and Otis Redding. HOZIER It would appear that General Hooker has placed his hindquarters where his headquarters should be." (... ROBERT E. LEE Not a moment had been lost by General Hooker in the pursuit of Lee. EDWARD EVERETT My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby, so the only music I would listen to gro... HOZIER I was essentially raised on blues music. My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby... HOZIER People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain B... P. J. HARVEY Mark has identified that he would like Lee on a permanent basis, BARRY FRY Cody and Luther were kids in high school who used to come to the juke joint and sit in the corner, p... JASON RICCI My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them... ALVIN LEE 'I Am Number Four' is an action-packed adventure entwined with a romantic story. I play the ... ALEX PETTYFER There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learn... HARPER LEE We certainly miss Lee in many ways. He's been involved with (the team) for four years. He has played... CRAIG PARKER We're doing John first, and then bringing out Lee. TRUMAN CAPOTE For 20 years, Lee Trevino never put a check in his pocket. He gave it all back to the hospital. BOB MURPHY The situation with John is that he is under contract until the end of the season and we have to make... DAVID PLUMMER We're all individuals. Lee Raymond is Lee Raymond. He has his style. I am Rex Tillerson, and I h... REX TILLERSON John has the ability, he is a slippery player, he is able to use good speed and he has a great chang... JOE ALBERICI We're all pretty excited about the receiving corps, from top to bottom. Ike Hilliard has played a nu... JOEY GALLOWAY John Lee is dead, that good old man,--
We ne'er shall see him more:
He used to wear an old dra... UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR Because John is being John, people don't see his intensity. He wants to be a leader on this team. No... TONY AGNONE Atticus---" ...said Jem bleakly. "How could they do it, how could they?" "I don't know, but the... HARPER LEE Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He work... VINCENTE MINNELLI John has a great deal of hockey experience and success on his resume, and he will help us immensely ... DOUG ARMSTRONG John has a knack for making things happen batting where he does. RANDY YOUNG There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God. SARAH MILES Lee was fantastic tonight. He has been blessed with a lot of talent, but what I am extremely impress... ED CARLSON I believe Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill John Kennedy. I believe that. JESSE VENTURA It's clear that McDonald would like another term as chairman. But he would have no supporters at all... LIBERAL PARTY John is super committed to his plan. Everybody has a plan. But the key to John is that he sticks to ... DAN HENNING The work I did on 'Killing Kennedy' was very meticulous and, in some ways, actually tedious.... KELLY MASTERSON In his natural perversion, a man wants to lie with a hooker, wed a virgin, and keep both. RON BRACKIN John Kerry has no vision for fighting and winning the war on terror, so he is basing his attack on t... STEVE SCHMIDT This promotion is a reflection of the outstanding job Lee has done for the past 10 years. His relati... CATHY TAMRAZ This promotion is a reflection of the outstanding job Lee has done for the past 10 years. His relati... CATHY BARON TAMRAZ Look my story has been a really happy one except for that comment from John Brogden, so let's not dw... BOB CARR John Legend is a cool guy. He likes to chill, is easy to talk to and hang out with. He's also in... ESTELLE I played 20 minutes [at hooker] in each of the two trials. BRETT FINCH Sir John was an excellent Commissioner and I was proud he invited me to speak at a number of his far... DAVID BLUNKETT Las cosas nunca suceden como yo las imagino. JOHN GREEN He was trying to run the forwards back then (while) playing hooker, so nothing's changed. He's just ... WAYNE BENNETT By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER Ryan Karr played really well. Zach Sykes played really well. He got beat by John Dixon, but John Dix... ERIC LYONS John McCain in the last Congress played an absolutely pivotal role in government reform and congress... ANN MCBRIDE A good friend of mine is friends with John Malkovich and he told me John wanted to come down. ANTHONY MARCELLA I would have loved to record with Paul McCartney on some of his early solo recordings, wonderful mus... RICK WAKEMAN I am a happy man. I've had a good life. JOHN LEE HOOKER The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning. JOHN LEE HOOKER I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want. JOHN LEE HOOKER I remember back in Detroit, I used to go to the Apex Bar every night after I got off work. The barte... JOHN LEE HOOKER The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this ... JOHN LEE HOOKER I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there ... JOHN LEE HOOKER In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all... JOHN LEE HOOKER All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them. JOHN LEE HOOKER Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep at n... JOHN LEE HOOKER Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em... JOHN LEE HOOKER I hitchhiked, took trucks 'n' trains - anything that would pick me up. I stopped in Memphis ... JOHN LEE HOOKER I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in ... JOHN LEE HOOKER Bush has a real problem on his hands here, John: What honor should he bestow on Karl Rove? STEPHEN COLBERT But that's not so with John. He was very much at the height of his popularity and his creativity. It... BUDDY HOLLY On Lee as commander: "He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to c... SHELBY FOOTE Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimat... CAMPBELL BROWN If Peyton saw how Lee shot the ball, he'd have to be proud of him. I don't know as far as (Manning) ... CHRIS RICHARD A mob's always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but h... HARPER LEE His foot was really bothering him tonight. He probably shouldn't have played at all. Had John Little... GREG MCDERMOTT He beat a two-time Class AA state qualifier in Jim Hooker (of Evergreen Park), who was seeded first. ADAM WEST A Hispanic candidate like Sanchez has to work much harder than Lee Brown does. Lee Brown will have 9... RICHARD MURRAY We are very pleased to have John join our Board. He is an accomplished financial executive whose ext... PAUL EIBELER We played pretty well the second half. We got a good game from Lee Turner. He rebounded the basketba... BEAU THOMPSON The play is now about dealing with the horrific experience of being abused. The whole John Owen case... IAN ROWLANDS John will be a terrific addition to our organization. Over the past 12 years, John has led and manag... JEFF ARMSTRONG Dylan Hartley played well at hooker last week and deserves to keep his place. Steve will find this c... BUDGE POUNTNEY We stood there for a minute or two, with John swaying gently against my arm. 'I'm feeling better,' h... GEORGE MARTIN Girl! I'm here to make you look Fa-Bu-Lous! FAKE CINNA John Lackey is probably the biggest story. He was terrific for eight innings. MIKE SCIOSCIA If Lee is somewhere, that's where his business is. HOWARD STRULETZ Most of my contact with John is at the block party we have every summer and our Christmas party. Joh... DAVID MCGREW It's based on an undercover case John worked probably four or five years ago that led him to Philade... JOE PISTONE The main thing about Bruce Lee is that, he was a little guy. And you know, his quickness, his aggres... EVANDER HOLYFIELD Unsubscribe from should-a, would-a, could-a MICHAEL H. DANSBURY The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me. SAM ELLIOTT I had wanted to sing a song with Lee Ann for a while, ... I think she's a great singer, and she alwa... GEORGE STRAIT John is a fighter. He earned his medals the old-fashioned way, by putting his life on the line for h... TERESA HEINZ KERRY [Early on, he repeated a famous line from his first flight --] Zero-G and I feel fine ... Godspeed, ... SCOTT CARPENTER I love, love, love John Mayer. He's incredible. I love all of his records and even his John Maye... SHANE HARPER [S]he was in a pretty crazy place, screaming and waving the bucket-knife around, spattered with bloo... MAX BARRY Dr. Lee is not a hero, he is not an absent-minded professor, he is a felon, JANET RENO It's tough; John Lennon is a huge icon now ... everybody has their own expectation of how to present... DON SCARDINO From “Rock Star” in Every Lyric Tells A Story. What happens to a rock star When he get... MARK WILKINS History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Lee grew up and had his education in Japan, he has a strong Japan complex and must trust Japanese he... JIN ZHONG If she’d been born at the right time they would have burned her over in Salem. JOHN UPDIKE Llega un momento en que nos damos cuenta de que nuestros padres no se pueden salvar a ellos mismos n... JOHN GREEN Te pasas toda la vida atorado en el laberinto, pensando en cómo vas a escapar de ahí un día y que... JOHN GREEN Cuando los adultos dicen: “Los adolescentes piensan que son invencibles”, con esa sonrisa maños... JOHN GREEN If Peyton saw it he has to be proud of him. Lee played great and it was one of the best I've ever se... CHRIS RICHARD
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