'I've always hustled.'
, where he led a weekly blues jam for ten years. Through it all, he says, “I’ve never had to stray from playing the music I like to play.”WestwordOver the past two years, Booker has recounted his career in fascinating installments in the. He's written about his childhood in Manchester, when he copied skiffle artists and early rockers, as well as his late teen years backing Champion Jack Dupree and meeting blues heavies like Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Dixon and Howlin’ Wolf.
He’s also proud of his efforts as a lifer musician. “I’m not a household name,” he says, “but I feel like I’ve made it. I’ve paid my bills and taxes, kept myself afloat and raised kids. And I’ve earned the respect of my kids and put food on the table.”, Booker leads a weekly jam; fans drop bucks in his tip jar and smile. He smiles back from beneath the Black Lives Matter ball cap he just picked up in Memphis. He’s got hair growing back under that hat now.
“Little gigs that I’ve kind of dreaded in the past have now become especially meaningful to me," he says."I’ve got people coming up to me that I haven’t seen in a long time, telling me how much my music has meant to them. It's been the best therapy I could find, playing these gigs.”
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