New Orleans great.
He was the whole ball of wax.
Certainly one of the finest American Pianists that ever lived.
GAY
HEROIN ADDICTED
TROUBLED GENIOUS
If you do not have his album 'JUNCO PARTNER' on your shelf, your collection has a gaping hole. He could play anything........from the Barrell House to the most elegant moving pieces.
PIXIE 1978:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifAXV4LQ9S4
TRUE 1978:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Wv-HYKat4&feature=related
GONZO...1960 on the Hammond.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7FXDnlf9kQ&feature=related
Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Booker
This guy was special.
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