More photos from the vault.

The Owl Cafe (Seattle) 1988-1989

I took these snapshots in and outside of the late great Owl Cafe over a period of a couple of years in the late '80s. This was THE rockin' blues joint in Seattle's north end after the demise of the Jolly Roger Roadhouse. Operated by Patrick "Fatcat" Lynch and Uncle Ray Varner (Ray ran the New Orleans style Mizz Sadie's Kitchen in the Owl), this very popular club featured blues talent from all over the Northwest and the occasional touring act. The Owl was also the home of the long running Blue Monday jam session that started around 1980. Lots of great music happened in this place!

The good times at Owl Cafe eventually crashed and burned around 1992. The joint is still open as an Irish pub known as the Conor Byrne. The Broomdust Blues Band currently hosts a a blues jam at the Conor Byrne one Wednesday a month, but the blues has pretty much moved out of the Ballard neighborhood, with the exception of the regular Thursday night gig at the Salmon Bay Eagles a few blocks away.

The Owl Cafe - Ballard Avenue, Seattle

Left to right: Guitarist Ted Belushi, Cathy Cooper, and Patrick "Fatcat" Lynch

Bluescast. Left to right: Hal Merrill, Kevin Lynch, Peter LaPonte, unknown sax, and Eric Madis

This is most likely the Screaming Blue Jays (Chris Stevens' band). Left to right: Irv Kellenberger, Ron Nation, Howard Hooper, John Hodgkin, and Chris Stevens

Chris Stevens

Left to right: Dan Abernethy, Daddy Treetops, and unknown fan

Jim Mesi

Jack Cook (playing with Trouble at Home)

Kirk Tuttle (playing with Trouble at Home)

Kathy Hart and unknown fan

Kirk Tuttle and Jimi Jean

Drummer Les Hutchinson

Les Merrihew

Lloyd Jones

Tom McFarland and Mike Lynch

Left to right: Jim Mesi, Tom McFarland, and drummer Homer Leon

Left to right: Patty Mey, Kirk "KT" Tuttle, and Ron "Deacon" Weinstein

Nitelife. Left to right: Mark Dalton, Tom Boyle, Ron Weinstein, Larry Harris, and Mike Lynch

Tom Boyle

Daddy Treetops and Jack Cook

Trouble at Home. Guitarist Russ Meltzer and John Marshall

The Rockin' Rick Band. Left to right: Les Merrihew, Rockin' Rick, Jim Mesi, Mike Lynch, and Patty Mey

Note: Do you have photos of events at the Owl cafe that you would like to share with the Jet City Blues readers? If so, contact me at slapbackslim@yahoo.com and we'll figure out at way to publish them. Thanks!

Daddy Treetops at the Salmon Bay Eagles.

August 10, 2006

I dropped into the Salmon Bay Eagles after attending Tim Sherman's birthday party last week (thanks Tim!). Tree and I go aways back - the second band I ever played in was a very early (possibly the first?) version of Daddy Treetops & the Howlin' Tomcats. I believe this was around 1974 or 1975. That band consisted of Tree on guitar and vocals, my friend Bob Beebe on bass, myself on harp, and Twist Turner on drums. A guitarist by the name of Dwight Anderson also played electric piano in the band occasionally, going by the name of Wild Fingers Bo Folsum.

I recall playing at the old Rainbow Tavern in the University District with this band, plus at least one public radio benefit, a couple of private parties, and a memorable New Years gig at the long-gone Victrola Tavern (now the Bistro Restaurant) in the Public Market.

The Howin' Tomcats were sounding especially good to me last Thursday, for a couple of reasons. First - I could hear Tree's guitar! He was playing through a Magnatone amp with an extension speaker, and he was micing the extension speaker. He was playing slide on a Fender Telecaster, plus his standard Gibson ES-125 for the straight ahead stuff. For a change, I could hear his guitar just fine down on the lower level of the club. Not too loud, mind you, but just right.

Second - The rhythm section was doing a really great job of backing him up. Also not too loud, but just right! And why not? The rhythm section consisted of Seattle veterans Jim Plano on drums and electric bassist John Keski. John uses an unusual bass amp setup - a 50-watt Fender Bassman 10 combo (with four 10-inch speakers) and a Peavey extension cabinet with a single 15-inch speaker. Most bassists would consider this to be an underpowered setup, but it has always sounded fine to me, in clubs large and small. How does he do it??

Anyway, these guys were in the groove, and I'm glad I dropped in to see them. I even dug the one Beatles song that Tree sang. Oh yeah...thanks for doing Ludella for me Tree!

Daddy Treetops & the Howlin' Tomcats - Left to right: Daddy Treetops, Jim Plano, and John Keski.

Note: the photos for this article were created by Dennis "Zab" Zyvoloski.

James Harman's thoughts on Sam Myers.

I've received many replies from my Sam Myers obit. This one is my favorite. From one great bluesman/harp legend, about another. I've long called James Harman (left) "the blues' best story teller." Whether in a 12 bar song or an e-mail, this helps prove my point.

Phil Chesnut

Very nice Phil,

I'm sure we all thank you for this most kind and thoughtful piece, remembering a fallen brother. I will certainly miss my old buddy Sweet Sam Myers myself.

I wish you could have been there to see a dozen magazine photographers following us around when Sam, Charlie Musslewhite and I went 'walking the grounds' for a long overdue chi-chat-visit at the huge Peer Festival in Belgium. I finally asked one photographer why we generated so much interest for them. I was told that we represented their first look at all three of the real southern blues singer/harp players together. Of course we got a kick out of that! In fact Sam said, "Now ain't this a bitch, they act like we was Liz Taylor or some such bullshit." Then he proceeded to introduce me from the stage as being his old chum from way back in our high school days in Mississippi. He went on that after graduation we went our separate ways, since he went to 'Penn State' and of course, I went to the state pen! Ka Ka Ka Boom! Brother, that was a Sam kind of gag.

My personal favorite story was the time in Texas, when Sam insisted on showing us the way to the real-deal southern breakfast place called Maryann's. He insisted we all go in my bus, with him giving directions. He climbed up into the bus and sat right behind Jerome Starks, my 'coach operator' (now don't 'chu call him no bus driver)! Sam kept giving last minute and abrupt directions like "cut through this parking lot, it's faster...... go down that alley and swing-out behind the liquor store then hang a U-turn into that driveway... its a short cut!"

Jerome immediately started grimacing and giving me 'the look,' on every new piece of direction Sam gave him. Jerome was sweatin' it out, but as always, he managed to correctly guide that 40 foot long, 12 foot high, 10 foot wide and 30 ton heavy GMC Scenicruiser through this scary, way-too-narrow, road course event Sam had conjured up for our breakfast trip. To say the least, it was quite involved. However, he proved out to know exactly what he was talkin' about and soon we did find the joint.

For the next two hours we nearly killed ourselves on a great southern breakfast featuring serious fried eggs and green tomatoes, grits, biscuits and even more serious white ham gravy and wonderful coffee! For our return to the hotel Sam chose a different and even more confusing route. As we made one of the tight, difficult turns from one small street onto another Sam suddenly blurted out, "Damn James, did you see the tits on that fine chick in that Volkswagen?" That did it! "Stop the bus!", I screamed staring at Sam in disbelief. Still giving him a dirty look I said, "Look here Sam Myers...... I didn't even see the car or the fine chick, much less any tits.... man, I though you was supposed to be blind" Grinning that devilish grin back in my directions, while doing his patented eyes rolled way back thing, he slowly managed: "Heh heh heh heh heh, well, brother James... I just might see mo' than y'all think I can, sometimes!" Well, that did it for me, I never assumed he wasn't seeing everything going on again.

I only hope you didn't trick everybody out there, who knows less blues history, into thinking Sam played drums on all those Elmore James records. He only played on three songs, as a fill in.... and only for the Fire label. He never played drums on any of Elmore's famous earlier records on Chess, Chance, Modern, RPM or Trumpet! I also think you should have mentioned his one and only successful record under his own name, 1958's: "My Love is Strong" b/w "Sleeping in the Ground", which was his only claim to fame until resurfacing in the mid 80's and eventually joining Anson. I think those are important points. Otherwise, it's nice to hear from you and I hope you are doing well. You know I loved your rendering of that cool Sam photo.

Yo'boy... James

What I'm listening to this week.

Private Jungle
The Slamhound Hunters
Satin records

Ah...the Slamhound Hunters! Jet City Blues contributor Mark Dalton was kind enough to burn a copy of this CD for me recently, and I've really been digging listening to it. This now somewhat obscure CD by this great Seattle band is still available on Amazon (see the link above), and I highly recommend that you add this music to your collection.

So, what the hell is a Slamhound? Well, I'm not sure, but the first time I saw the name, it was a robotic bomb in William Gibson's sci-fi novel "Neuromancer." Perhaps Mr. Dalton can enlighten us as to some other meaning related to the band (please?!). Private Jungle was originally released in 1987 and released in 1999. The band members were Louis X. Erlanger (guitar and vocals), Kim Field (harp and vocals), Mark Dalton (bass and background vocals), and the one and only Leslie "Stardrums" Milton (drums and vocals on "Swap Crab"). All the tunes here are original, with the exception of the cover of Moon Martin's "Cadillac Walk," which originally appeared on the Mink DeVille album "Cabretta." What's the connection? Louis Erlanger was the guitarist in the Mink DeVille band in New York.

There ain't any bad tunes on this collection, folks! My favorites include the Slim Harpo-ish "Cadillac Walk" (more uptempo than the darker original), the rockin' "Hard Work," the sparse "Lonely Woman," the spooky "The Snake Sheds It's Skin," and the even spookier tune about a serial killer by the name of "Joe The Ripper." There is uniformly great playing throughout - the terrific rhythm section supports Louis' tasty guitar (including some great slide) and Kim Field's killer diatonic and chromatic harp playing.

The Slamhounds played around town quite a bit between recording sessions for their two albums (4/1 Mind was the title of the first recording). Various artist would play the live shows, depending on who was in town at the time. I recall seeing bassist John Lee and guitarist Dave Conant playing gigs with the band.

The Slamhound Hunters disbanded after a European tour in 1993. I hear that Louis Erlanger is living in New York, while the rest of the band is still living and working in the Seattle area. Mark Dalton plays with the Chris Stevens Band, Leslie Milton plays with pianist Lady Keys at the Alligator Soul Restaurant in Everett, WA, and Kim Field can be seen around town occasionally sitting in with various bands.

Here are some photos of the band members from that time:

Kim Field & the Left Hand Men at the Pioneer Square Tavern - Seattle, 1983. Left to right: John Lee, Leslie Milton, Kim Field, and Jeff Ziontz.

Louis X. Erlanger at the Central Tavern - Seattle, 1983.

Leslie "Stardrums" Milton and Cadillac. Lopez Island, WA - Mid '80s.

Mark Dalton at the Central Tavern - Seattle, 1983

Musings from Mr. Solid

By John Lee

Like I promised last time, I’m going to lay on you some of the radio stations I listen to on the internet. I will give you the station name, the web link and a synopsis of shows and highlights. I won’t give links to shows that stations feature, you can get those from the station web site.

I’ve done a piece on WWOZ-FM 90.7 (http://www.wwoz.org), the granddaddy of community stations out of New Orleans. Lots of R&B, blues, Zyedeco, Cajun, and Jazz 24/7. It’s a treat!

WDCB-FM 90.9 (http://www.wdcb.org) is located in Glen Ellyn, Illinois on The College of DuPage campus. Laura Dufresne, the lovely wife of Mark Dufresne, singer and harmonica man of Roomful of Blues, went to school there! Lots of Jazz and numerous blues shows including the hard to find “Live from the Red Rooster”. They also carry American Routes and Beale Street Caravan. A very cool station. Glen Ellyn is a burb of Chicagoland.

KZUM-FM 89.3 (http://www.kzum.org) broadcasts out of Lincoln, Nebraska. This fine station has a blues show on every day of the week. I sometimes listen to American Routes on KZUM. Check it out!

KUMD-FM 103.3 (http://www.kumd.org) Duluth, Minnesota (Bob Dylan’s birthplace) has blues on Friday and Saturdays. They also carry great public radio shows like Mountain Stage, Beale Street Caravan, West Coast Live, American Routes, E-Town, and The World Café to name some. This is a cool station in The Great White North! I listen to Beale Street Caravan on KUMD.

KDHX-FM 88.1 (http://www.kdhx.org) St. Louis. An eclectic mix. Three blues shows on Sundays and a rockabilly show called Greasers Lunch Box are some of the highlights. KDHX- bringing cool sounds to Missouri.

KALW-FM 91.7 (http://www.kalw.org) in San Francisco is a news and information station, very much like KUOW here in Seattle. Monday nights on KALW are blue. 9:00 PM is Beale Street Caravan, 10:00 PM make room for Mark Naftalin’s Blues Power Hour, and from 11:00 PM to midnight the great showcase show, Portraits in Blue with Bob Porter. Bob Porter also works with Beale Street Caravan. All showtimes are Pacific time.

For an international flare, check out Blue Ears, The Bluesy Difference from Amsterdam, Holland. Blues and blues rock 24/7 (http://blueears.com).

This is a pretty good list I think. If anyone out there in radio land knows any cool stations out in cyber space please email me (seattleblues@comcast.net) and let me know, please!

Wishing you, good listening.

August Blues Birthdays

Robert Cray - August 1, 1953
Magic Slim - August 7, 1937
Joanna Connor - August 31, 1962
Louis Armstrong - August 4, 1901 (died - 1971)
Percy Mayfield - August 12, 1920 (died - 1984)
Son Seals - August 13, 1942 (died - 2004)
Luther Allison - August 17, 1939 (died -1997)
John Lee Hooker - August 22, (died - 2001)
Wynonie Harris - August 24, 1915 (died- 1969)

Electric bassist John "Mr. Solid" Lee was born in Alaska and has been active in the Seattle blues scene for about 30 years. He currently plays with the Crossroads Band. Photo by Mike Coyote.

"Albert Collins Loud" - Eh? Speak up, I can't hear you!

In a recent post here on the Jet City Blues blog, David Brewer mentioned that the blues fans in Finland were digging his "Albert Collins loud" guitar playing. I know just what David's talking about, but if you never saw the "Master of the Telecaster" live, you might be in the dark about David's comment.

Originally from Texas, Albert Collins (left) was quite the road warrior and used to play in the Seattle area quite a bit. He was a great guitarist with a unique style, and was quite an influence on both David Brewer and the late Isaac Scott.

Albert played a Fender Telecaster guitar with a humbucker pickup in the neck position. His amp of choice was the deadly Fender Quad Reverb, which was a 100-watt Twin Reverb amp enclosed in a cabinet with four 12-inch speakers. The only larger combo amp that Fender ever built was the Quad Reverb's big brother, the Super-Six Reverb (the same amp, but with six ten-inch speakers). The Super-Six was large enough that Fender didn't bother installing a handle on the top of the cabinet - it had two handles on one side and wheels on the other.


The times I saw Albert, he always had all of the volume, tone, and reverb controls dimed on his Quad Reverb (left), controlling the volume at his guitar. I guess I saw him at at least three old Seattle clubs, including the District Tavern, the Pipeline, and Hibble & Hyde's. He also played several times at the Jolly Roger Roadhouse in Lake City. But the first time I saw him live was at this small C & W tavern in Freeland, Washington. Now, Freeland is a tiny town on Whidbey Island, and this bar was a place where country bands played quiet background music for the local hippies while they shot pool and brawled in the parking lot.

How Albert Collins got a booking in this joint is a mystery, but my roommates and I showed showed up to see that band which included second guitarist David Brewer and another guy that blew some rudimentary blues harp. Being blues fans, we figured we'd better get there early so that we could get seats right next to the bandstand. This was a large mistake. That was absolutely the loudest band I'd ever heard at that point in my blues listening career. You could hear them just fine out in the parking lot, and I mean inside the car with the windows rolled up. The other 20 or so thrill seekers that showed up pretty much fled by the end of the first set. Our group hung around and heard some great music, but our ears were ringing for several days afterwards.

I was hired years later to do sound for Albert at Hibble & Hyde's, this time with the Isaac Scott Band backing him up. Albert insisted that I mic his amp, something that was totally unnecessary in that small club. I did so, but turned that mic off during the set. I had to turn it back on during the breaks because Albert would inspect the mixing board to make sure that his amp mic was on - I guess that he was worried that he might not be loud enough, even though his amp was configured for the STUN setting, as usual. I had wised up and was wearing earplugs at that gig, but I kept having to explain to other deafened listeners that the guitar volume wasn't my fault.

Oh well, as Mr. Brewer says, "If it's too loud, you're too young!" Albert Collins passed away in 1993, and I'm glad that I got to see him rockin' the joint.

Note: The Albert Collins photo that appears in this article is from the Alligator Records web page. The photographer was uncredited.

Sam Myers - Gone but not forgotten (1936-2006).

By Phil Chesnut

Sam Myers, one of the true gentlemen of the blues, unexpectedly passed away at his home in Dallas, after recently recovering from throat cancer surgery. Sam was born in Laurel, Mississippi in 1936. In the early 50s, Myers moved to Chicago on a music scholarship, where he abandoned the classics for the blues...and the rest is musical history.

Fronting Anson Funderburg's band since 1986, Sam is well known for his brilliant harmonica and unmistakable vocals. Originally a drummer on Chicago's south side, Myers sat in with such legends as Howlin' Wolf, Robert Lockwood, and Muddy Waters. It is Sam's beat that is heard on those classic Elmore James recordings.

I was very proud to call Sam Myers my friend. I enjoyed many enlightening conversations with this articulate, scholarly man, whether at a blues venue or when I'd call him at his home in Dallas. The blues world will miss Sam Myers for what he gave. I will miss him because he was my friend.

Phil Chesnut is an award winning photographer and keen observer of the Northwest blues scene. All of the photographs that appear in this article were created by Phil.

The Snoqualmie Blues Festival '06

By Phil Chesnut

This August 5th and 6th the blues will again ring out in the foothills of the Cascades with the 6th Annual Snoqualmie Blues Festival. Located in the historic logging hamlet of Snoqualmie, which is just a half hour drive from Seattle, the blues is the featured sound of the long running Snoqualmie Railroad Days. Now in it's 68th year, Railroad Days has many crowd pleasing features unique to this amazing summer celebration. Besides two days of great blues, Railroad Days also offers a giant classic car show, chainsaw art display and auction, and Snoqualmie's own Thunder in the Valley, a top notch classic motorcycle show. Other crowd favorites of the '06 Railroad Days include the annual Grand Parade along with many interesting arts & crafts booths and a good selection of food vendors. Of course there is a beer garden too, located next to the Blues Stage.

This year's location of the Blues Stage is a bit different from years past, now located closer to the street (Railroad Ave). With room for the audience on a paved street, rather than the former gravel surface, this year's show will now be conducive to a real street dance too.

As the founder and music director of the Sno-Blues-Fest part of Railroad Days, I have continually tried to offer the finest blues talent in the region. Always conscious of the fan's opinions, much of the featured talent are current nominees and winners of the Washington Blues Society's annual BB Awards (Best of Blues). Compared to some of the other area blues fests, Sno-Blues is small in size but makes up for it as the only blues fest that features true blues and only blues.

This year's all blues format is no exception. Opening the '06 Sno-Blues-Fest on Sat. Aug 5th at 2pm will be Chicago-style harmonica master, Dave Prez & Combo Nation, featuring vintage blues guitarist Jack Cook. Next up on stage will be the Hudson Blues Band, a longtime Seattle favorite, who are well known in the Snoqualmie Valley as well. Drummer, David Hudson has compiled a true crowd pleasing combo which is fronted on vocals and harp by Michael Wilde.

The next featured band comes from Ballard, the heart of the Seattle blues scene. Harmonica Playboy & the Midnight Movers have long been acclaimed as one of Western Washington's top blues bands, with the Harmonica Playboy, Mike Lynch, and his true blue, fat tone harp along with his encyclopedic list of blues tunes and the superb guitar of Tim Sherman. This solid, genuine blues band promise to be a highlight of the show.






The next set features the multiple award winning Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin' Daddies. As the '06 BB Award winner for Best Band, these hugely talented musicians will set the mood with their high energy performance that have made them one of the Northwest's most sought after blues bands. This year, the BRDs not only took home the BB for Best Band, they were also recognized for their individual talents. Known for decades as one of the state's top note benders, Tom "T-Boy" Boyle was voted Best Electric Guitar, while Les "Wild Child" White took the BB for Best Bass, doing things with an upright bass that are truly remarkable. Drummer and blues pilgrim, Jeff Hayes received the well deserved Keeping the Blues Alive Award. Finally, the multi-talented Jim King was nominated for both Best Vocals and Best Harp, taking the Best Horn award for his outstanding tenor sax. Of course the band's namesake, Becki Sue will certainly punctuate the band's set with her own powerful vocal presentation.

Closing Saturday's blues celebration is this year's headliner, the world renowned Paul deLay Band. Long recognized as one of the pre-emenent blues ensembles in the country, headlining festivals throughout North America and Europe. The Sno-Blues Fest is honored to have this important figure of modern blues grace this year's stage. With his brilliant vocals and harmonica stylings that are simply remarkable, Paul deLay stands alone in the blues world. His extraordinary diatonic harp reaches far beyond the understanding of even the best players, with his unique phrasing and dynamics, often in a minor key. Then there is deLay's mighty chromatic Harmonica which is unequaled, for the huge tone and phrasing style that is embraced by many but re-created by none. If deLay's powerful vocals and harmonica weren't enough, it's also important to note that Paul is an amazing songwriter as well. Turning out tunes in rhythms far beyond your basic shuffle and with always clever lyrics, deLay is truly one best storytellers in today's music business. This multiple award winning blues giant is backed by an amazingly talented band that features Louis Pain on the Hammond B-3, Dan Fincher on tenor sax and Peter Dammann on guitar. Peter is also the award winning boss of the second largest blues fest in the country, Portland's Waterfront Blues Festival.


On Sunday, Aug 6th, the blues will continue with Seattle's favorite eclectic party band, Jeff & the Jet City Fliers. Frontman Jeff Herzog will set the days tone with his masterful harmonica and great original songs with a statement. After a break for the Chainsaw show & auction, there will be just enough room left for one more set of blues with the Chris Stevens Band. Long recognized as one of the area's top guitar slingers, Stevens and his veteran band will show yet another spin on the blues. A perfect ending to another fantastic Snoqualmie Blues Festival.


Phil Chesnut is an award winning photographer and keen observer of the Northwest blues scene. All of the photographs that appear in this article were created by Phil.

And now, a word from Mr. Brewer.

By David Brewer (below, somewhere in Finland)

Hey Kids,

I just got back from my gig in Finland, and now it's on to Paris for 15 days then Norway, Sweden, Amsterdam, and Berlin. I'll be back in Seattle in October to do Tim Sherman's "Northwest Guitar Monsters" show at the Highway 99 Blues club.

I hope everybody's OK with me representing Seattle blues, me not being a WBS Hall of Famer and all, but deal with it, cause this will be my fouth time in Europe as Seattle's Blues Ambassador. They like the big Indian from the USA - whiskey by the pint, Albert Collins loud, irreverent attitude and all. I'll try and do a travelogue when I return if anyone want's to read it. I'm always on the lookout for Rick Steves when I'm over there 'cause I hear he's always got some good bud, but as of yet I haven't been able to find him.

I did run into John Lee yesterday in the same place I always run into him - on the mean streets of Greenwood, my home town. We had a nice grumble session on the side of the road as we watched several local business owners washing and painting this week's mass of graffiti off their establishments. He said come on down to the Highway 99 and eat some of his pub grub...or else!!

More later - remember it's "better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for who you're not..."

And oblige, Brewer.

Note: Rumor has it that David is working on a deal to release some live recordings of his band playing at the Owl Cafe in the '80s, including some other live stuff with the late great Albert Collins.

The Blues in Alaska.

Here's a couple of cool (but fuzzy) photos of John Lee Hooker playing at a fairgrounds facility in Fairbanks, AK in 1973. I discovered these photos on the wall of Jet City Blues contributor John Lee's secret headquarters in North Seattle.

Left to right: John Lee Hooker, Lindy Raines, and Gary Sloan

Left to right: Lindy Raines, John Lee Hooker, and John Lee

The backup band here was the Anchorage band Proof, which consisted of guitarist Lindy Raines, bassist John Lee, harp player Gary Sloan, and drummer Gordy Burlingham. Proof toured all of the hotspots in Alaska with the Hook in 1973 and again in 1975. This band also toured Alaska with blues harpist Charlie Musselwhite in the fall of 1973.

I met John Lee in Seattle around 1976-77, I guess. By 1979, we had organized a new version of my band Nitelife and soon we were headed for (where else?) Ketchikan, AK. Check out the ancient promo photo for that band below.

Nitelife in 1979. Left to right: John Lee, Mike Lynch, Lindy Raines, and Jim Becker

Note: The photos of John Lee Hooker and Proof were created by Al Monsma.