“Her voice is gutsy, earthy and coarse, but at the same time there is a beauty, sensitivity and control to everything she does.” Big Mama created tension without harshness, excitement without strain. She can make you weep.
Midway through Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historic speech at the 1963 March on Washington, a voice rang out from behind him: Tell them about the dream, Martin! That voice belonged to Mahalia Jackson, King's close friend and one of the most revered gospel singers of the 20th century.
Following his late-career resurgence with 1989’s The Healer, John Lee Hooker stepped into Russian Hill Recording in San Francisco and The Record Plant in Sausalito to reimagine some of his most iconic songs, including “Boom Boom,” which lends this album its title.
