Showing posts with label John Hammond. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Hammond. Show all posts

August 17, 2022

John Hammond - Found True Love (1995)

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The preserver
I already heard mean minded persons insinuate that John Hammond Jr. wouldn't have become a name on the blues scene if he hadn't been the son of his father, i.e. John Hammond Sr., legendary talent discoverer and producer at Columbia Records. This is not only unfair and untrue but, worse, stupid. Do they also insinuate Jane Fonda's only talent is to be Henry's daughter ?!

From his father though, Hammond Jr. undoubtedly inherited a gift for getting acquainted with still unknown but promising musicians with whom he performed and recorded. Among many others : Hendrix , Clapton, Tom Waits, Mike Bloomfield, Duane Allman or Levon Helm (future member of The Band, the group Hammond recommended to Dylan)...