Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Tagged: John Lee Hooker

La Grange

ZZ Top

“La Grange” by ZZ Top

ZZ Top’s “La Grange” is quite terse lyrically. And what it centers on is not the city of La Grange, Texas, of which it is named after. Rather there was once a well-known brothel located there,...

"Tupelo Blues"

John Lee Hooker

“Tupelo Blues” by John Lee Hooker

Although some analysts timestamp the events upon which “Tupelo Blues” is based as having transpired in the late-1930s, it would appear that what John Lee Hooker is actually singing about an occurrence from about a decade...