14 February 2019

Hoodoo You, Love

It's that time again. Happy St. Valentine's Day from Ellas Otha Bates (McDaniel) aka Bo Diddley. And don't forget to Hoodoo Your Love!

First, the ORIGINAL:



Now, the COVERS. My favorite first, from The Woolies—Detroit!!:



Killer version from Dr. Feelgood, too—Wilko!!:



This is probably the biggest, most well-known cover from George Thorogood—and it's most def thoroughgood:



Giant Sand tearing into it:



Some straight up Rock 'n Rolling from The Milkshakes:



Guaranteed to garner some hate, The Doors:


Live version from The Band's The Last Waltz (with Ronnie Hawkins):



If you're feeling self-indulgent, here's a Quicksilver Messenger Service performance. Psychedelic, man:



Ladies and Gentlemen, The Morlocks:



From Down Under, Oz-land: The Hoodoo Gurus lighting it up:



And in glorious Shoegaze style, it's The Jesus & Mary Chain:



Robin Thrush, Jr.'s noodling version:



Townes Van Zandt with a country folk version:



And you didn't think someone would do a Prog version, well you would be wrong. The Misunderstood:



How about UFO:



Tom Rush:



From A Group Called Smith:


Here's Johnny Winter, a real player:



Some Rockin' from The Preachers:



Brian Curran did a version:



Here's kind of a cool karaoke version by Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy:



Juicy Lucy, getting hard:



And from the Randy Bachman/Burton Cummings 100% Canadian Content Jukebox:



Dutch Mason, killin' it Rockabilly style, yo:



Santana style:



Barb Jungr. Moar of this!



Listen to Paul Roland:



Rory Gallagher, shredding:



Golden Earring did a live version:



And lastly, here's the master himself with some guy from some other band:





3 comments:

rapier said...

I've got to give it to Thorogood. He did one thing and one thing only and that was hard driving fast tempo boogie inspired roadhouse blues.He was a native Texan to boot and this stuff is regional. He and had some guitar and vocal chops too. His palate was small but within its limits there were few who were ever any better.

rapier said...

Egg on my face. I used to know George was from Delaware, not Texas. There goes one theory but I still sticking to my conclusion.

mistah charley, ph.d. said...

it has to do with where i spent the mid 60s but it was tom rush from whom i heard not only this song but also the first joni mitchell song i heard - then from judy collins - and finally from joni herself

about tom rush - "With his new album “Voices” (2018) out, at age 77 (as of 1/2/2019), Rush is still frequently performing, touring the United States, these days often accompanied on piano by Berklee graduate Matt Nakoa."