JOHN LEE HOOKER A PORTRAIT ..THE BIG JOURNEY BEGINS

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Eddie Kirkland.

HE USED TO ACCOMPANY JOHN LEE IN THE RECORDING STUDIOS AN ACT THAT WAS AN ORDEAL.HE WAS ALSO A ROAD MANAGER FOR JOHN.BOTH TRAVELED FROM DETROIT TO THE DEEP SOUTH MANY TIMES TO TOURS AND CONCERTS. IN 1962 JOHN LEE ABANDONED HIM TO MAKE HIS OVERSEAS JOURNEYS.HE MUST BE 85 BY NOW AND HE THRIVES SOMEWHERE IN FINLAND.Well john and EDDIE USED TO SREND THE NIGHTS WONDERING FROM STUDIO TO STUDIO PLAYING VARIATIONS OF THE SAME SONGS IN ORDER TO GET SOME CENTS.IN THE FIFTIES THE STUDIOS WOULD PAY NEARLY NOTHING TO COLOROUD MUSICIANS. THE BLEEDING CONTACT HE HAD SIGNED MADE HIM SIGN AS JOHN COOKER,OR LEE JOHN AND...WHATEVER.