Chicken And Gravy

John Lee Hooker performing Chicken And Gravy at the Montreal Jazz Festival, 1980. Look who's backing him up :)

Been stormy and I've been enjoying it. Tillamook Head (about an hour north of me just south of Seaside) had gusts of 80 mph (as did Lincoln City which is about an hour south of me) but I only got up to an occasional gust of 58 or so. Not as much rain as I thought -- total rainfall to date is 7.58 inches -- was at 7 inches exactly before this series of storms started to move through. Spectacular lightning shows the past couple of nights. I do enjoy living here.

Weather dood is predicting between 20 and 30 inches of snow up on Mt Hood this weekend -- already received 14" up there today. I hear the ski slopes open tomorrow -- not that I ski -- just additional confirmation that I won't be headed up there until spring.

Road Trip

Gonna miss the fog. Gonna be a lot hotter in CA than it is here at the coast. Right now, it is 62 outside and it only got up to 68 today.


Hope I don't miss any new flowers blooming in the garden. Seems like yesterday this was green stalks with buds and now it is in full bloom. The rose that tries to eat the front stairs is starting to bloom. The recent haircut it got appears to have encouraged it to bloom. Was at the tail end of its bloom when I moved in last October.

A road trip is not complete without Roadhouse Blues. This is the version from the Doors' tribute album Stoned Immaculate. Trivia note: this was the last song recorded by John Lee Hooker before he passed away in 2001 (per the utube page of the creator of this video).



Jim Morrison - vocals
John Lee Hooker - vocals
Ray Manzarek - piano, backing vocals
Robbie Krieger - guitar, backing vocals
John Densmore - backing vocals
Flea - bass
DJ Bonebrake - drums
Juke Logan - harmonica
Ralph Sall - backing vocals
Gregg Arreguin - rhythm guitar

Am packing my camera -- hopefully I don't forget that I have it and remember to take photos of the FDL Meetup I am attending Sat in Redwood City.

I'm In The Mood

John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt perform I'm In The Mood from the DVD John Lee Hooker & Friends 1984-92.

Another gray day at the cozy cottage on the coast. Moving to the new place in a few days - I'm in the mood to move.

Someone stole my Bush Deserves A Third Term/A Prison Term bumper sticker off the car.

Boogie Chillen

Legend John Lee Hooker with a special guest Roy Rogers performing Boogie Chillen