Topic: What is the Blues? -John Lee Hooker picture

[Pan]

Here's a picture I'd like to share with you.

Cheers

Pan

[mississippijohnhurt1928]

That's a cool photograph, where and when was it taken?

[Bunker Hill]

Since this was first posted I've been busting my brains to recall where I've seen it before. I'm almost fairly sure that it was a seminar run by Pete Seegar in mid-60s on the history of folk music and Hooker was brought in for a question and answer session. My memory was of a report in Sing Out magazine but have failed to locate it there.

Pan, please put me out of my misery it's driving me nuts!

[Pan]

I'm sorry but I just stumbled on it on another forum, and wanted to share it with you guys. I was so amused by it at the moment, that I completely forgot to think about the origins of it, which, if I remember correctly, were not mentioned. I went back to look for it, but can't find it anymore (I did the "search" operation with no luck). Nor do I remember who was the original poster.  How stupid of me!
I'll post a query and let you know if anything comes up.

Bunker Hill, somehow your story of it's origins makes the picture even funnier in my mind.

Maybe someone else can help?

Pan

[Pan]

Found it!

It was on the postwar blues list.

Quote: "This picture just appeared in John Gennari's BLOWIN' HOT AND COOL. It's
Hooker at a Marshall Stearns roots of jazz lecture, blackboard diagream
by Stearns."

The picture was taken by a German photographer, Clemens Kalischer. More on this site: http://www.vaultgallery.net/kalischer.html

But where or when was it published originally, is still not answered.

Pan

Pan

[Bunker Hill]

Found it!

It was on the postwar blues list.

Quote: "This picture just appeared in John Gennari's BLOWIN' HOT AND COOL. It's
Hooker at a Marshall Stearns roots of jazz lecture, blackboard diagream
by Stearns."

The picture was taken by a German photographer, Clemens Kalischer. More on this site: http://www.vaultgallery.net/kalischer.html

But where or when was it published originally, is still not answered.
Pan

Ouch, I'm a member of that group though I don't tend to pay very careful attention there and must have missed it. The memory was almost correct concerning the situation of the taking of the photo.

I probably saw it in either Jazz Journal or Jazz Monthly to which Stearns used to contribute during the 50s/60s. That's why I couldn't find it in Sing Out!