Grammy Nominee John Lee Hooker, Jr., & His Engineer Jim Gardiner

John Lee Hooker  Jr. at Pajama Studios, Oakland, Calif.

John Lee Hooker, Jr., has been nominated for a Grammy for his third CD release “All Odds Against Me,” in the Best Traditional Blues Album category. The record was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Jim Gardiner of Oakland, Calif.’s, Pajama Studios and Touch-Tone Productions. This is the second Grammy nomination for Hooker, Jr.; Jim recorded that record too.

Because Jim is my longtime collaborator, sometime-producer, and always-engineer, I’ve been hearing about this project as it progressed. I’m very proud of Jim and very glad for Hooker, Jr. You can check out some of Jim’s compositions on his myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/touchtonehits . Don’t let the hyperbole fool you; he’s a humble, empathetic guy. And his talent spans genres, with a background including a stint as composer in residence for the state of Washington as well as doing sessions with recording artists from Deniece Williams to Pharoah Sanders to Tupac Shakur. Very few people bring such a mix of compositional and engineering chops to the recording console. Mazel tov, Jim and John Lee.

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