Got My Mojo Workin is a painting by Steve Knapp which was uploaded on April 8th, 2013.
Got My Mojo Workin
The last time I saw John Lee hooker live was at Queens University, Matt the axe Murphy accompanied him on lead guitar, great blues , great... more
by Steve Knapp
Title
Got My Mojo Workin
Artist
Steve Knapp
Medium
Painting
Description
The last time I saw John Lee hooker live was at Queens University, Matt "the axe" Murphy accompanied him on lead guitar, great blues , great preformer.He appeared and sang in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers. Due to Hooker's improvisational style, his performance was filmed and sound-recorded live at the scene at Chicago's Maxwell Street Market, in contrast to the usual "playback" technique used in most film musicals. Hooker was also a direct influence in the look of John Belushi's character Jake Blues.
In 1989, he joined with a number of musicians, including Carlos Santana and Bonnie Raitt to record the album The Healer, for which he and Santana won a Grammy Award. Hooker recorded several songs with Van Morrison, including "Never Get Out of These Blues Alive", "The Healing Game" and "I Cover the Waterfront". He also appeared on stage with Van Morrison several times, some of which was released on the live album A Night in San Francisco. The same year he appeared as the title character on Pete Townshend's The Iron Man: A Musical.
On December 19, 1989, Hooker appeared with the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton to perform "Boogie Chillen'" in Atlantic City, N.J., as part of the Rolling Stones Steel Wheels tour. The show was broadcast live on cable television on a pay-per-view basis.
Hooker recorded over 100 albums. He lived the last years of his life in Long Beach, California. In 1997, he opened a nightclub in San Francisco's Fillmore District called John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room, after one of his hits
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April 8th, 2013
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Comments (97)
Peggy Collins
Wow, you knocked it out of the park with this one! I agree with Vicki, your use of color is brilliant. Congratulations on your sale!
Vicki Wynberg
Wow! I love painting musicians and is this is stunning. congrats. Brilliant use of color.
Anthony Fishburne
This picture is just awesome.....fantastic work and congratulation on your sale Steve!
Nadine and Bob Johnston
Thank You for Submitting your Artwork.... Liked the subject, description, technique, composition, and color... So this week it was Published in the Internet publication ARTISTS NEWS.... Make sure you are subscribed, so you can Promote weekly... YOU or Friends Can use Ctl-C to copy the link: http://paper.li/f-1343723559 and Ctl-V to put it into your the Browser Address bar, to view the publication. Then, Tweet, FB, and email, etc a copy of the publication, to just anyone you know would be interested.
Nadine and Bob Johnston
.... Like the subject, technique, composition, and color... Today it was Published in the Internet publication ARTISTS NEWS.... Anyone can Just Highlight this link ---- http://bit.ly/RVPlpf - Use Ctl-C to copy and Ctl-V ---- to put it into the Browser Address, to view the publication. You can then, Tweet, FB, and email, etc a copy of the publication, to just anyone you feel would be interested. Happy Promoting! :-)
Bianca Nadeau
Absolutely loving the colour choices Steve! Excellent composition and detail in this painting. Voted and daily fave (CFC)!
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