HW: Hawkwind and the Blues

[Alan Taylor]

I lent the Space Ritual to someone years ago and they said Orgone
Accumulator was a rip off of Booker T and the MGs "Green Onions".  Same
riff.  I agree with him.  I'm sure this has probably been mentioned on the
list before....


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Guizar" <jguizar at STNY.RR.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Hawkwind and the Blues


> Jill Strobridge wrote:
> > diverging off the previous topic a bit - I was listening to a Chicago
> > Blues programme the other evening and a lady came onto the stage and
> > launched into a dynamic and intense blues track I didn't know the name
> > of BUT the bass intro and the riff underlying it .... the same intro and
> > riff underlying Orgone Accumulator.   In fact the more I hear of blues
> > music the more I realise why I get drawn into (particularly the early)
> > Hawkwind tracks - that music underlies everything!
> >
> > Looks like I'm going to have to chase down some live Chicago blues
> > albums.  I don't suppose anyone has any recommendations.....
>
>
>     Artists I like - BB King, T-Bone Walker, Howlin Wolf, Muddy
> Waters and Buddy Guy.
>