The RISE Of BLUES TRAVELER Who WROTE RUN-AROUND & 'HOOK'
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- The Rise of Blues Traveler, who wrote Hook & Run-Around.
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If you guys want to know more about Popper’s fight with the black crowes on stern I’ve done a whole video on it ruclips.net/video/_shbjDHKPUQ/видео.htmlsi=pbnUYXdq-ziOvOSA
I'm surprised at the "John Popper Arrested" video you made.
6:53 you called Bobby Sheehan "Billy Sheehan." It caused a bit of confusion for me.
Thanks
The most polite, considerate audience was at a Blues Traveller show.
Fantastic show it was.
You've never been to a Grateful Dead show I take it.
@@daBEAGLE1017
I always expected they were probably the same way, but I never liked GD.
@@tobiasfrehley4568 the crowds at both concerts were well behaved and we all danced and shook our bones.
I miss touring. Good times.
They were college nerd dorks not caring what music they thought was cool, but I went to stagecoach In irvine SoCal and for SoCal a country concert was the most polite non-pretentious Orange County thing you could do, chicks were cool and dudes friendly no attitude for the area it was in. That was shocking how friendly people were.
I have something in common with the lead singer. At one point I was 500.91 pounds (in freedom units), and today I am at 178 and have been there for almost two decades now. We had the exact same surgery.
Congrats brother. It took me almost a year to lose 50 pounds trying to make weight for the Air Force.
big congratulations getting the surgury and getting the weight off is one thing keeping it off after is biggest challenge of all it seems at least for many.
Do you still crave eating same foods?
@@rnrtruestoriesmost people with this surgery still have the same cravings for their favorite food it's just that they can't eat as much as before due to feeling full faster.
I had the same. After so many years of being very active in sports and military service I wrecked my back. I went from 195lbs to 403lbs at my worse. Now 16 years later I’m at 195 and maintaining. You do divorce yourself from eating and that is depressing but you eventually get past that phase. You no longer crave the sugar, fat, etc. I maintain my protein and supplements. My life is so much more enriched. It’s not for everyone and for a while I felt shame that I took the easy way out in some opinions. The easy way out would actually be for me to continue putting on weight and eventually die. Peace.
Black kid coming from the hood and luvin music. I recognized there talent and still play them. How did i discover them.... working at a computet retail store. They had a different sound that stood out. Fav is The Mountains Win Again. One of my fav to play when going hiking. We only live once..... enjoy the world while you can, and limit your hate.
Dude...that's my favorite song from them too. Underrated tune!
oh man thats a great pick for a favorite.
"I picked up my smile..."
That is one of my all time favorite songs, really excited to see them in July!
I recommend " Gina ". That is like a harmonica tornado . It's on a record way before " Run Around " .
When i need a break from.the raw aggression of my usual musical taste these guys are always nice to hear
When I need a break from black metal, I'll listen to shit like Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson
John Popper is the Jimi Hendrix of harmonica. I play a bit of blues harp, but I have absolutely no idea how he plays like that. It’s truly mind blowing.
Right
Everyone remembers “Hook” and “Runaround” and so few listen to Travelers and Thieves which is by far their best Album. Blows everything else out of the water. Every song on the album is sonic perfection. And unfortunately it’s so good that their other albums feel lacking of any real musical substance. The faint trumpeting of elephants as “Onslaught” fades away and “Ivory Tusk” kicks in. Just beautiful. Perhaps one of the most underrated albums.
I saw them at a casino a couple years ago. Popper had twisted his knee and did the show in a recliner. It was still pretty rad though. The guitar player sounds GREAT in person. I think he was using HiWatt amps.
They had an awesome cameo in the movie Kingpin
Still love them and they are still making music and seen them everywhere and from 1991 till 2005
Post grunge was amazing. So much variety hit the air waves.
Blues Traveler was an amazing band. Their music was so uniquely their own. I hope we hear music from them again some day.
This was wonderful! Yes please, more detailed videos about Blue Traveler! 😊
You got it!
@@rnrtruestories *Blues Traveler (my bad, what an embarrassing typo lol)
Really liked his cameo in Roseanne 😊
Dan Akroyd and John Goodman are two different people, troll!
@@icankillbugs lmao no John Popper was on Roseanne.. he played the Dan’s former bandmate or hit it big.
Four was the album of my childhood. The good ol days
I discovered Blues Traveller from the mid 90s comedy movie "King Pins" with Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, and Bill Murray. As I recall, they played the song "But Anyway" all dressed in Amish attire during the closing credits. If you haven't seen the movie, it's pretty hilarious.
You did a real good job on covering blues traveler story there dude.
As your time permits definitely do an extended version on the group. 👍
I’m not big on 90’s music by any stretch but Blues Travelers have been phenomenal. There a kind of musical acts that are down to earth in many ways. 👍👍✌️✌️✌️
you didn't mention their cameo in Blues Brothers 2000. i mean the movie wasn't good, but you did say that John Popper picked up the harmonica after seeing the original movie so i thought maybe that was a dream come true for him.
They came to St. Bonaventure when I was a student there. Great show!
Loved the story!! Great band!!
Do you have one on Screaming Cheetah Wheelies?
Sorry I don’t
We saw Blues Traveler alot back then. We even saw them in NY on NYE and it was awesome. Honestly though I could only take so much of the harmonica, always preferred the guitar. So I found myself going on tour with Phish.
That was great dude! Really enjoyed it..subscribed
I'm Yours is one of the best ballads ever and probably no one ever heard it.
Wow I feel so bad for him
please do a video about the band MAE
I met Popper at a party in Princeton (I lived in nearby PA) right before the first record came out. I had a drum set there from a previous jam session, and my buddy had a couple of guitars. Our host encouraged us to play, and we cobbled together a little power trio to back up Popper. At this point, I'd never heard him play or sing. He called out some blues tune, and proceeded to just blow the roof off the place.
Later that week, we went to some joint in New York to see the band, and they had like 300 people packed into this tiny little room. It was one of those dancing-on-the-tables type nights. I was an instant fan.
Haha that’s a great story
The song "Hook" was such a big middle finger to the music industry, and I love it
Isn’t it about drugs / addiction?
@@daytonasayswhat9333No, listen to the lyrics. It's literally says that it doesn't matter what the lyrics are as long as the melody is good and you have a catchy hook, the stupid masses will eat up a pop song.
@@northofnashira2575 the hilarious part is that it's the chord progression of Pachabel's "Canon" - it's been used so many times it's not funny. Total failsafe that drives the point home.
@@northofnashira2575 I see. Yeah they’re like really giving the middle finger and stuff. They were signed to a major label and had a major producer. They’re like so rebellious and stuff.
I grew up hearing that song, it was all over the place in the mid 90s. I never really listened too carefully to the lyrics, maybe because I was a kid at the time. But I liked it and thought it was a neat, catchy song. Then I really listened to it as an adult, and found it incredible. It was really right out there in front of us the whole time, and it went right over so many peoples heads, including mine. It's an incredible song, though. Very clever.
From 1989 through 1993, there was no better blues / jam rock band. I saw them around 50 times in this era and they were dripping with true power jam rock, exploding every 100 to 1000 seat standing room bar or small theatre into an insane ecstatic frenzies.
They mastered their instruments, wrote beautiful songs and could take songs into the ether or in any direction just to land gracefully back to Earth.
Unfortunately to most OG fans, the album "Four" and the included hits made them fall into the pop MTV area. They deserved every cent but it got a tad fluffy. Chan, the guitarist, has said this much in a few interviews. It killed their hunger where the money brought a certain laziness.
To me, "Travellers & Thieves" is the best rock / jam album of the 1990's. All songs are legendary in both lyrics and instrumental sections. A true classic. Great video. Thanks.
Travelers and Thieves was the first CD I ever bought. Absolutely amazing album. 93 Horde tour was my first concert. I loved these guys so much.
The first time I saw them was in some relatively tiny New York bar called, if memory serves, Caroline's. I don't think it was the same Caroline's as the comedy club with the same name, but I could be wrong.
Saw them not long after at The Wetlands in NYC, where they alternated sets with Baba Olatunji's Drums of Passion. The best part was that they swapped players one by one between the two bands (like Sheehan would switch with Baba's bassist, then Chan switched with the guitarist) while the jam kept going. So, in the immortal words of the Grateful Dead, the music never stopped...
Save his soul
They’re not really blues are they? I’ve never heard a single
Blues song from the travelers.
Even though Blues Traveler aren't a band I listen to regularly, I respect them, and their two big hits capture their style really well. I saw them live twice and was fortunate to have Chan Kinchla as my very first interview for a local newspaper I wrote for. Glad their music still resonates!
John Popper is an insanely talented harmonica player
@4:24 they gave away free WHAT? nitrous? As in nitrous oxide? 😳😱 And like...what KIND of mushroom tea...
yes.
What kind do you think? You do realize this is a channel about rock and roll bands?
@@bsloannyc I just couldn't imagine how they would be able to give something like that away...and yeah i know this channel is about rock bands, and i've been to plenty of rock concerts, not once did i ever get free drugs lol
@@micky_knucklesI know right I think it was $5 at the concerts I attended.
@@stevewalters6853 only time I ever got free drugs was if I found it on the ground coz someone dropped it accidentally 🤣
Bobby Sheehan was an amazing bassist!
Got to meet him after they played 328 Performance Hall in Nashville on his birthday. Caught the harmonica John threw out to the crowd too!
Any relation to Billy Sheehan?
@@travisazzopardi8024 I don't think so
@@rikjones5924 saw him with Blues Traveler in 93 with Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Neil Young here in Toronto. Wild show.
It's sad that Sheehan died and that other members of the band had so many problems over the years. I am happy to report that other than missing Bobby, the band is otherwise alive and well and as good as ever. I heard them in concert in Primm, NV last weekend. It was an excellent concert. Their new album Traveler's Soul is excellent. Everyone should hear it.
The album, travelers and thieves is incredible
0:07 - WOW! You're so uninformed. 1990 was the release of their first album, and the song "But Anyway" put them on the map. The entire album is amazing. "The Hook" is a pretty lame attempt at pointing out the flaws in the recording business. John Popper's distinctive vocal and harp are an enigma in the jam band community. He was the very FIRST person to shred on harmonica.
“Run-around” and “Hook” were their first mainstream hits, charting in 1995/6. Although “But Anyway” was originally released on their debut album in 1990, it didn’t chart until later in 1996 when it was included in the movie Kingpin.
Such a great and often overlooked band from the 90s
I met Popper in 2000. Dude was a bit cuckoo. Before the show he was crazy concerned about the security and freaking out we only had one "armed personnel" supporting the event. I mean, we were at a no-name SUNY school in the middle of nowhere, NY. The biggest security threat we ever faced was some drunk kid going out the alarmed door (clearly marked, with flickering light... he was that trashed)
Ah, now I get why when he was pulled over once they found that his vehicle had a stash of hidden compartments, which contained four rifles, nine handguns, a switchblade knife, a Taser, a set of brass knuckles, and night vision goggles. Paranoia can be a bitch.
@SuperStrik9 I just googled that because I wasn't sure if it was a joke that went over my head. Nope, he totally did. I guess I'm not altogether surprised, though.
@@SuperStrik9 Happened in rural Washington state along I-90. Made a big splash in the local news, but it turned out every single thing in the car was legally owned with no nefarious intent. I believe he was traveling with his road manager or some such, and they were planning to go do some practice shooting in the area.
@@corey6393 Do people often practice tasers or brass knuckles?
@@SuperStrik9yeah I did a video on that
I have been to hundreds of concerts. Nothing has ever been as good as the vibe and groove that I experienced at one of their shows in the late 90s that stretched to about 4 hours long. They were an electric jam band.
The '90s really had the best music
Yep, high water mark.
It definitely set the standard.
They are my all-time favorite band. I've seen them many times, and they never disappoint
My cousin and I saw them in Chicago at soldier Field when they opened for the stones. That was a fantastic concert. 🤘🏻✌🏼😊
Popper obviously carried ten harmonicas in different keys not "tuned differently" because that's the way it works
Blues Traveler arguably helped kick off the old school hard rock revival that began when grunge fizzled in the mid-90s, and though I don’t really listen to them much nowadays, they were a needed breath of fresh air in their prime. I caught them at The HORDE festival in ‘97 along with Primus and Neil Young. One of the better concerting events of my teens.
I've seen the boys over 75 times... They never disappoint. Going to see them tonight as well!
IMO, Blues Traveler should've been bigger than Dave Matthews Band or Hootie and the Blowfish.
It's too bad that they are only known for two hits,"Runaround" and "Hook".
6:58 "Bassist 'Billy' Sheehan" I was was like, wait was Billy Sheehan in Blues Traveller?! 🤣
My bad I had Billy on my mind, mistake
@@rnrtruestories 🙌🏼 I know, just thought it was funny! Love the videos!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@rnrtruestories
I thought there were 2 bassists named Billy Sheehan 😂
Bobby
@@DMTaberI know. He says Billy at 6:58 in the video tho!
I truly enjoy the full musicianship of this band. I play bass and have mad respect for these guys! The songwriting brilliance of "Hook"!
I can respect the songwriting, but that harmonica makes me instantly turn to another station. Only harmonica player I like Paul Butterfield 👍
Talk about a spooky coincidence!!! At the same time i was watching this video, runaround began playing on the radio, here at my job, lol. I'm glad that John Popper was finally able to get his weight issues under control. I remember jam bands like Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd & Monsters, Hootie & the Blowfish, Spin Doctors, were huge in the early to mid '90s!
"The 90's grateful dead" 😂 I don't think so
The Mountains Win Again is the best song ever. It makes we want to go back to the 90s and never leave.
Excellent video. Please turn down the background music in the future.
I've seen hundreds of famous bands live, and Blues Traveler is the tightest rock band I've ever heard.
Hey, man. I've been following you for a while, I love your stuff. I gotta say, it just hit me right now, but your delivery has gotten so much better since you went "on camera ". It was fine before we saw your face, but it was always just a little janky. It sounded obvious that you were reading a script, which is fine, but your inflections and pronunciation could be a bit off at times. Simple stuff that you would never say in a day to day conversation, ya know? Now, you're much more confident and casual, and I dont really hear any of the jank. You're much more natural. It's good, man. That was a good decision, to go face to face, so to speak. Anyway, good job, nice work. Much love.
Thanks man! Yeah I hear people say my old videos were read too fast
four is a lifetime album. It's part of the soundtrack of my life.
The Mountains Win Again is a masterpiece.
I came of age in the 90s and just saw these boys for the first time tonight at the Steelhouse in Omaha. Amazing jam band. John's still got it!
i freaking love John that dude was born with a harmonica in his mouth. i brought their album when it came out and love and play their songs to this day. i remember catching their cameo appearance on Roseanne and also the movie with Tim Allen and Kirsty Alley For richer or poorer.
Where tf did the top of your lava lamp go?
The first time I heard Popper on the harmonica, in the 90s, pretty sure it was Gina, the first thing that came to mind, this is the Randy Rhoads of harmonica players.
I love their music
I was fortunate enough to discover BT on their solo album. I got to see them live at Red Rocks when "Hook" hadn't been released yet. I had tickets to another show that had to be canceled due to Popper's heart attack. Their first 3 albums get overlooked, unfortunately along with their 5th. As good as "Four" is, it mask how unbelievable their other albums are. Their music is so much better than casual listeners will know.
I remember when Popper got pulled over and the cops found all those guns and ammo in hidden compartments. He had legal license to have them all, but it turns out he's a crazy dommsday prepper type guy.
yup. Did a whole story on that on my channel.
You trust the government to protect you? That’s really crazy, IMO.
If the media calls someone crazy, I repeat the "they are crazy" line.
If you're alive in 2024 and _still_ think that preppers are "crazy", then you clearly haven't been paying any attention to the last decade. Lmfao
Yeah ice cold take here. Shoulda known anyway when you saw that bandolier, he was a man of taste and culture. Back in the good ole days of surplus 🥲
I showed up in college as a freshman. The very first rock concert I ever attended was Blues Traveler. I had literally been away at college for days and a couple of dorm mates went to the Anaconda theaters.
And damn. Just blown away. My own incredible introduction to live music was Blues Traveler in 1991.
I was 5 yrs old
John played a song with Metallica
The Blues Travellers appearance on a episode of Roseanne is what got me into them.
Straight On Til Morning is an absolutely fantastic album, still listen to it to this day.
'But Anyway' is also a good song that got airplay.
While hanging out with ARU's Oteil, Jimmy, Matt and Bruce, I met john Popper on HORDE 93 and he was such a nice real guy, in a wheelchair that summer. One of my old roommates was Chan's roadie for a while.
There will never be a fall of Blues Traveler
Blues traveler is still one of my favorite bands
2nd best show of my life was Horde in 1996... Jeff Healey, Lenny Kravitz, Rusted Root, Natalie Merchant, and of Course Blues Traveler, amazing show. My favorite John Popper moments were at All Good Festival where on a few different years he has shown up and done unscheduled guest musician appearances with Trey Anastasio Band, Dave Mathews, Karl Denson, Warren Haynes, and the various Grateful Dead side project bands...oh and my favorite appearance was with Karl Denson's Tiny Universe. I also saw him do a song with Galactic at Bonnaroo one year, can't remember which one though...lol
One of the things that i loved about the hand is how real they looked.
They will be playing, for the second time, a small outdoor venue in a small town in North Idaho this summer. I plan to be there, again. First saw them in Minneapolis in 94 on my birthday. Fun show, the but the sound was terrible. Seen them a couple times since with much better sound, great fun. Been a fan since the first album dropped. Still my favorite one.
5:25 They started opening for Jerry Garcias band, the Allman brothers Santana...Uhhh is this dude reading from a script?
Blues Traveler headlined FallFest in 2001 at my alma mater, a free concert to commemorate the first day of class. They were phenomenal!
Thanks for putting this together. Always loved Blues Traveler. Learned quite a bit about them. 👍🏻👍🏻
I watched Popper play harmonica w a local band that opened for him. It was post surgery so I didn’t even recognize him. It’s hard to explain how good he made that crappy band sound.
Omfg I can still see the display setup at HMV records in Atlanta on the sales floor. It was that signature blue cat we have all seen at least one time. Radio played Blues Traveler ALL DAY LONG! It made me hate them. Guess what I get to hear about 4 -5 times a day a work on the 90's channel, friggin Blues Traveler aaaaaahhhhhhh!
No mention of them being on the TV show Rosanne?
I'd love to hear about the making of the album "Blow Up the Moon". The one where they collaborated with Bowling for Soup, Hansen, and other bands.
Saw Blues Travele with Dave Mathews and Black Crows in the mid 90s. It was great!
That sounds like my nightmare.
Hey! You left put the part when Dan Connor left the band to raise a family with Roseanne shortly before they had their first big break. I saw a documentary about it!!!
My son and I were riding around n the song 🎵 Hook comes on n Damien asks. Who's that. I tell him and he's like. Blues Traveler sounds like Tenacious D! I'm like. No 👎 Weedhopper Tenacious D sounds like Blues Traveler!!! I love y'all kiddo 💗
I went through like 3 portable CD players back in the day listening to Four, I can still put that on album, and not have to hit the next track button.
Personally, I really bothers me that they're called "Blues Traveler" and NOT "Blues TRAVELERS".. not sure why, but it really just does.
Some people like Yngwie Malmsteen, some like John Lee Hooker. I always found his hyper harp playing too busy and lacking soul. Is there any song where he’s not trying to show chops and plays a soulful solo? If so let me know, I’ll give it a listen.
They were a great Band at " The Wetlands".. They coulda became a REAL Jam-Band if they stayed on the road & OFF the Radio .
Hook, lyrically, was great! Musically, it was a common progression dating all the way back to the 1500s.
seen them at The horde festival back in 96 at Southpark Meadows in Austin Texas.. it was a great venue with artists like Lenny Kravitz, barenaked Ladies, Dave Matthews band, Ben Harper, King crimson, Neil Young just to name a few
The bass player was amazing.
His name was Bobby Sheehan. My friend from Princeton.✌️
Got to see them a couple of years ago. Popper is a beast! A more in depth video would be great.
Will you do a video on golden earring, they had a couple of hit songs
Yes on my to do list
You forgot about the year mostly only played shows for Marlboro Cigarettes rewards program members (99?) and their fund raiser performance for republican Trent Lott. (2000). That didn't help their rep in the jam scene.
Paul Butterfield was a once in a lifetime talent, his licks and lines as beautiful and profound as Miles Davis at his best. John Popper was not. Good vocalist and writer, but his harp playing is abysmal. But, it's all subjective; plenty of people love it. But there's no Blues in it. And I don't hear the Dead in their music at all. The Dead were masters of American song form and unmatched as improvisational artists. They deserve WAY more respect than that comparison.
Thank you everyone for all the positive comments.
I was stationed in Guam when Runaround hit. I’m a blues nut and initially I was really into their sound. But, very quickly it was everywhere. Then it was everywhere all the time! Guam is a small, small place. It became a sound that many of became more than sick of hearing. When I see those questions such as: “What song makes you instantly change the station?” Well, you get idea.
But now, after so many years, that went so fast I’m going to have to revisit Blues Traveler. I want check out some the songs some of you have mentioned in the comments.
Thank again
You accidentally dropped in a "Billy Sheehan" about 7 Min. in. Different Sheehan bass player. :-)
I've always respected this band and I disagree with Popper. He IS funny enough to be a stand-up comedian. I'll never forget their Behind the Music because of his sense of humor.
Saw them the Monday before Thanksgiving 2023. It was a makeup for a missed show due to the 'rona.
It was obvious they didn't want to be there. An hour and fifteen minutes after beginning the lights came up and no encore or anything. Popper was constantly leaving the stage during the show and was absent probably more than half the time.
Whether it was for cocaine, tacos or both I wouldn't know.
I didn't schedule that night nor did anyone else in the audience.
I cannot recommend them for a show.
Dueces.
I’ve never heard the emphasis placed on ‘Traveller’ when saying the band’s name. Bizarre, lol.