MICHAEL HILL:
To this day, 'Hoodoo Man Blues' is a big influence on me singing-wise, and Junior's spirit is just so powerful. One of the real heroes of the blues....I didn't see him till about '69, '70, '71....One time, he was doin' a song, and I forgot which song he was doin' but he was singing about a woman, and love, and not workin' out and, somehow, in the context of the song, he referred to himself as "a skinny motherfucker like me"--and it was perfectly in time and tune--and everybody was like, "What'd he say?" You know, he was amazing--a magical guy. I'll never forget that. You don't hear that every day. (7/15/00 AE)
To this day, 'Hoodoo Man Blues' is a big influence on me singing-wise, and Junior's spirit is just so powerful. One of the real heroes of the blues....I didn't see him till about '69, '70, '71....One time, he was doin' a song, and I forgot which song he was doin' but he was singing about a woman, and love, and not workin' out and, somehow, in the context of the song, he referred to himself as "a skinny motherfucker like me"--and it was perfectly in time and tune--and everybody was like, "What'd he say?" You know, he was amazing--a magical guy. I'll never forget that. You don't hear that every day. (7/15/00 AE)
