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Texas: New Morning, Paris

Simon Price, Melody Maker, 24 June 1989

I DON'T know if I can get across to you just how depressing it is to be standing, sweating in a tiny Parisian jazz club (hot enough to melt a chocolate bar in the shade) and be asked, "Does anybody like rhythm and blues? This one's an old John Lee Hooker number..."

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