John Lee Hooker
2/22/92
The Anaconda
Isla Vista, CA
FOB: Aiwa CM-30 Stereo Cardioid >Sony WM-D6C Cassette Master
Transferred: Sony TC-D5M >HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD Master >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.36
Recorded/Transferred By OldNeumanntapr
- Been So Long*
- I Didn’t Know
- That Ain’t Right*
- Boom Boom
- Crawlin’ Kingsnake
- Baby Lee
- Same Old Blues Again
- One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer
- The Boogie
- Improvised Vocals
Oldneumanntapr Notes:
The Anaconda is no more. Fortunately, I was able to see / record two shows there in early 1992. This the first time that I had seen ‘Mr Lucky’, John Lee Hooker. It was in a little club in Isla Vista (near Santa Barbara and where the UCSB campus is located). The Anaconda used to be The Graduate, and before that it was a Bank Of America that ended up getting torched during the Vietnam War, from what I’m told. I saw two shows at the Anaconda, this one and Bo Diddley a month earlier. At one of those shows, I can’t remember which, I saw a blind man taping with Nakamichi CM-300s out in the open. Strange. John Lee Hooker put on a good show, but you could tell that in years past he had more energy. He did a lot of vocals and not that much of his signature ‘slashing’ guitar work. Still, it was good to see a legend. The tape still sounds pretty good, even by today’s standards. He played for about an hour and then signed autographs.
I wish now that I would have used the Nakamichi CM 300s like i did for Bo Diddley a month earlier. I don’t remember why I didn’t, but I do remember that it was really foggy going home that night. My friend Dave got an album signed after the show.
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