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Free Trade Hall
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What people wrote about nights here
A guest for John Lee Hooker · Fri, 15 Jul 1988
I was at this concert and I couldn't have put it better. It was an electric moment and John Lee Hooker held the crowd from that moment onwards.
A guest for John Lee Hooker · Fri, 15 Jul 1988
my recollection is that a little old man came out and sat on a stool bent the living daylights out of a chord and the whole building began to hover very slightly above th eearth
A guest for Devo · Sat, 11 Mar 1978
...Best gig ever...
A guest for Streetwalkers · Thu, 17 Jun 1976
I was there and the band was TIGHT. One of my best live music memories.
A guest for Leonard Cohen · Thu, 12 Sep 1974
My first time going to see Leonard Cohen,I had his album and listened to it a lot, at the time I used to go to a lot of folk nights in local pubs! I was hooked after seeing him live. I still play his music frequently, I recently bought a print his son was selling, it has his face drawn in watercolours and the words There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in” from one of his songs.Its beautiful.
A guest for Derek And The Dominos · Mon, 28 Sep 1970
Fantastic gig with Eric belting out amazing solos. He played Little Wing as a tribute to Jimi.
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A guest 100% for John Lee Hooker · Fri, 15 Jul 1988
Traveled from Northern Ireland at 18 years of age to see the legend play. Never forget it.
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