This may not be quite what blues guitar great Luther Allison had in mind when he said “Leave your ego, play the music, love the people,” but here’s one we’ve been enjoying from John Lee Hooker, Jr., and a Polish band called Daddy’s Cash, from their That’s What the Blues is All About collaboration.
“I got this drama, all around me
and it’s really crampin’ my style, oh.
I’m not surprised, no, no –
it’s been goin’ on for quite a while.
It’s time to let folks know
they gotta’ let it go,
If they wanna be in my show,
they got to check that, ego at the door…
You see pride goes before destruction,
it’ll make you fall or die.
If we would only humble ourselves,
we could all touch the sky.
You see there’s only room for one ego,
and that room belongs to me.
So I’m gonna let folks know
they gotta’ let it go,
If they wanna be in my show,
you got to check that, oh-oh-oh, ego at the door.”
–Check Your Ego at the Door, John Lee Hooker, Jr.