Recordings

September, 1968

John Lee Hooker is in better form than usual on Urban Blues (BluesWay), and he gets sympathetic backing as he runs through such gutsy items as Think Twice Before You Go and The Motor City is Burning, which puts you smack dab in the middle of the Detroit riot. T-Bone Walker's stylish way with a guitar is spotlighted on Goin' to Funky Town, a long instrumental that opens Funky Town (BluesWay); the eight succeeding selections easily maintain the mood and the standard. Otis Spann's The Bottom of the...