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A-how how how how. I love to see you strut. Walk that walk. Talk that talk. Uh-huh. Sound familiar? If not, you’ve got some catching up to do, so let’s get started. First things first: The lines rendered above come straight from the Hook. John Lee Hooker that is, whose primal, dirty, just-off-the-plantation grooves have influenced everyone from the Animals to ZZ Top, and whose contributions to the blues/rock vocabulary over a 50-plus-year career can hardly be overstated. John Lee rarely ceased to amaze—the man could even make a Pepsi ad funky. — Mac Randall