From an interview: Dusty Baker digs Hooker ’n Heat .
That 1970 collaboration between John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat, is, still, one of my favorite recordings. I think it’s the best album Hooker ever made, and with the possible exception of Future Blues, the best album Canned Heat ever made. I wrote a long post about Hooker ’n Heat in 2011 to mark the double-album’s fortieth anniversary.
Dusty Baker also talks about his memories of Monterey Pop, where he would have heard Canned Heat. And there’s also stuff about baseball.
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Friday, July 31, 2026
Dusty Baker digs Hooker ’n Heat
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Just listening to that album, thanks. :) Do you have any more favorite albums of yours to share? I miss a 'related posts' tag for that :(
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Mississippi John Hurt’s Today! was a formative album in my youth. Joe Turner’s The Boss of the Blues I first heard as a toddler. Virtually anything by Ellington, Mingus, or Monk counts as a favorite. I have countless Earl Hines records. For Ellington, The Great Paris Concert is a great introduction:
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Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron’s Ellington and Strayhorn album Sempre Amore I’ve listened to again and again. I love Sufjan Stevens’s Illinoise. Lately I’ve been listening a lot to the Brazilian guitarist Yamandu Costa. People in Sorrow and Full Force are probably my favorite Art Ensemble of Chicago records. The Louis Armstrong Hot Fives. Orange Crate Art, of course. If you check the names in my Blogger profile or the Pinboard tags forblues, jazz, and music, you’ll find many (too many) more. :)