John Lee Hooker - Mai Tai
Mai Tai / Don't Be Messing Around With My Bread
Planet PLF 114 (1966)
Not a great deal of information exists regarding this recording. Issued in Germany on the Hit-Ton Schallpatten label (HT 300010) , it was issued here in the UK on the Planet label which was a short lived label founded by the producer Shel Talmy.
Born in 1920 (or it could be 1912 or 1915 or 1917; his birth year has been a matter of debate for some time but John often stated it was 1920), John's career began with his first record in 1949 (Boogie Chillenon, a 78 shellac on the US Modern label) and he became a well known figure on the R&B scene.
In 1962 he toured Europe as part of the American Folk Blues Festival and the exposure saw his first UK chart single in 1964 with "Dimples".
In the mid 60s he began recording with several rock bands starting with The Groundhogs. Prior to this release, two 45s were released on the Planet label credited to John Lee's Groundhogs.
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