🎸Story from Casey McGlynn local artist: When I was 19 I saw John Lee Hooker at a small club in London ontario. I wanted him to sign my guitar , my dad told me to go behind the bar and you will find John Lee right after he gets offstage, sure enough the back doors blew open and there he was flanked by two beautiful background singers all coming out for a little “fresh air” He said give me that guitar. He strummed it and said “you play the blues with this guitar?” Handed it back to me and said “play something if you want me to sign it “ I nervously played a little chuck berry type lick and he signed it 3x running out of room the first two times getting only John, John lee and then finally wrote John Lee Hooker My buddy Dave and I were astonished and dumbstruck I shook John Lee’s hand and and said thank you so much noticing his very soft skin reminded me of my Grandma Gene I couldn’t believe he had plucked all those licks with those soft soft fingers 🎸
🎸Story from Casey McGlynn local artist:
When I was 19 I saw John Lee Hooker at a small club in London ontario. I wanted him to sign my guitar , my dad told me to go behind the bar and you will find John Lee right after he gets offstage, sure enough the back doors blew open and there he was flanked by two beautiful background singers all coming out for a little “fresh air”
He said give me that guitar. He strummed it and said “you play the blues with this guitar?”
Handed it back to me and said “play something if you want me to sign it “
I nervously played a little chuck berry type lick and he signed it 3x running out of room the first two times getting only John, John lee and then finally wrote John Lee Hooker
My buddy Dave and I were astonished and dumbstruck I shook John Lee’s hand and and said thank you so much noticing his very soft skin reminded me of my Grandma Gene I couldn’t believe he had plucked all those licks with those soft soft fingers 🎸