James Booker - Junco Partner

[@tommylyons3765]

He's best solo, with his voice, his piano, and soul. This seems contrived

[@andymac1873]

Loving this :)

[@TheMrPianoJazz]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhh

[@frankeagle73]

Fantastic. Thanks for upload.

[@eddiem5997]

Knocked out loaded😵

[@TheBluesB4Sunrise]

Fabulous..

[@luvispro]

2 cool for school !

[@frankoxley176]

He was a friend of minei was blessed to have played drums for him

[@DIANNEELEE]

Sounds like Wee Willie Wayne who wrote this awesome song. The voice and words and music are all!😇

[@TheloniousCube]

WW Wayne recorded it first and copyrighted it, but it is likely a traditional song from the Angola Penitentiary

[@fiabeantiche8187]

Music and rhythm are quite good! Words are not important!

[@auntymoi]

Those words are everything

[@gsimpatia]

Boia deh! Tanta lana

[@alexanderofhollywood]

Never heard it pronounced "hair-wan" before. But then I've never been to New Orleans.

[@brianx1548]

Hair-ron. Old school inner-city slang, particularly on the East Coast. Me and an old junco partner used to call it that for a goof.

[@nath909]

Biblical.

[@bunnyb6991]

2021

[@TheBillwilliam]

!

[@bobwise7225]

Delphos G are you serious ? James Booker sure was serious. Drugs were his life. You don't know this genius very well.

[@delphos1223]

Yeah, I learned about him, I didn't know this was his lifestyle. Such a shame that many of the greatest musicians had to be druggies and such.

[@bobwise7225]

It is the way their brains are cross wired. part genius part nuts.

[@1trubb2]

Delphos G It's not that simple.

[@nancywhitty7072]

I was in the Maple Leaf bar early one evening back in 1978 with a friend doing laundry (they had a small laundry mat in the back of the bar). James was the only other person there besides Alice the bartender, who refused to serve alcohol to James until after he played that night. So, he climbed on stage with an audience of 2, and played his heart out for about an hour, as my friend and I ate stuffed artichokes and crawfish from Cristiana’s Seafood next door, and waited way too long for our clothes to dry. We were in heaven. My friend said to me, only in New Orleans... After a while, poor James returned to bar and said, Alice, may I have my drink now? To which She replied, you’re not on til 10 James. We left a hearty tip, which Alice insisted on holding. It was hard to keep him from getting high if he had any cash. But, James was so much more than a druggie musician to us. We loved him. He was a friend, He was family. Anyway, that was the first of many nights to come that I was blessed with the music of James Carroll Booker III. Such a night!

[@juliadixon8465]

I await your memoir. Please publish!

[@delphos1223]

Why is he talking about heroin and cocaine? I'm really disappointed in this guy...

[@geoffmorgan6059]

James Wayne wrote the song in 1951 and it was written about heroin, pure and simple. Booker augmented the lyrics a little, not much.

[@juliadixon4810]

bugger off. you clearly do not get it.

[@_seventh_son]

we are no one to judge. No need to pass judgement, just enjoy the music my guy

[@bbwarwick]

he went to angola prison (lousiana state pen) for heroin in 1972. Penitentiary for heroin.. crazy

[@eternalwheel]

Because nice people do drugs too