John Lee Hooker was such an amazing artist. Deepest voice ever, but he had that " blues feeling." Love, simply love his music. Thank you for uploading this gem. 👍👍
John Lee Hooker, King of the boogie, love his blues, hard to believe that this was 45 years ago, damn, I’m getting old, I was only 12 years old in 1976!, just turned 57!,
And then you listen to his "That's My Story" album and his voice is so light. It's deep, but light and agile. It's SO affecting. His vibrato is really something, too. It makes me wonder if Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip was a fan.
Love that Thorogood is interviewing JLH here. I’m sure the admiration was appreciated by JLH- George is a through and through blues devotee. It’s nice to see how they relate to one another here. Very sweet.
John Lee misspoke: My dad was John Lee's manager in Detroit from '67 until my dad died in '71. After my dad died, John Lee moved to SF in '72, so in '76 when this was filmed he'd been in SF for 4 years, not 14yrs. Before he died, my dad was able to get John Lee paid all of his back royalties on Boom Boom Boom, and that's what gave him the money to open the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco.
Thanks for the info. He mentioned in another documentary how he quit recording cause he always got ripped off and was making most of his money playing live. He deserves a statue for his amazing blues style
Yes and Eddie Murphy took over the boom boom room....laughing at you,John is his own entity...thorogood 3:39 nailed it!!! Now I am going upstairs fools and bring down all of my clothes.
What a nice man, a sweetness to him. Nice to see this interview, a young George Thorogood, I was just a young kid at this time and knew Nothing of either of them. Catching up now on what was missed in my youth.
One of the many things I love about JLH was his way of speaking. Plenty of the old delta Blues guys used to mumble and grumble in a way that was very hard to understand. John Lee Hooker spoke so well he could read the evening news!
We were watching an old video of a Top of the Pops episode on cable one night. Top of the Pops was British TV show that ran for years. In this particular episode there were many of the British Beat bands on the bill . . and who should be right in the middle of all this, but John Lee Hooker playing Boom Boom!! His song fitted seamlessly into the mix and the white kids in the studio audience were dancing their guts out to his music.
he left out Canned Heat," they did a few albums together hooker n Heat" my first live show I ever seen,5 In 1971, I was 16 years old at the Ash Grove in Hollywood, a good friend turned me on to them, put me on the path of the boogie!" I've probably seen John more times than any other band, they mentioned a few, the J.geils Band serve you right to suffer, Savoy Brown, they are tt GHG FD D Federer Boogie, then of course Lonesome George Thorogood and the Delaware destroyers on that Blue Highway"Foghat I just wanna make love to you, Humble Pie I Don't Need No Doctor, send another one of my favorites Johnny Winter" Help me, it's my own fault, mean Town Blues, John Mayall, John Lee Boogie, Buddy Guy, Joe Bonamassa, and of course ZZ Top LaGrange
I could listen to John Lee Hooker talk non-stop for a year and I would not get bored.
John Lee Hooker was such an amazing artist. Deepest voice ever, but he had that " blues feeling." Love, simply love his music. Thank you for uploading this gem. 👍👍
It is a pity that nobody made the story of his life while he was still alive. Time for THAT John Lee Hooker documentary.
John Lee Hooker, King of the boogie, love his blues, hard to believe that this was 45 years ago, damn, I’m getting old, I was only 12 years old in 1976!, just turned 57!,
I wasnt even born yet. 1978 I was born .
I was a junior in high school.
A legend of the blues and an elegant gentleman to boot.
Love the baritone-bass voice. You can hear the raw power when he speaks. Love the blues and JLH.
And then you listen to his "That's My Story" album and his voice is so light. It's deep, but light and agile. It's SO affecting. His vibrato is really something, too. It makes me wonder if Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip was a fan.
Love that Thorogood is interviewing JLH here. I’m sure the admiration was appreciated by JLH- George is a through and through blues devotee. It’s nice to see how they relate to one another here. Very sweet.
I wish he talked about Canned Heat .. thats how i learned about JLHooker . Hooker N Heat album
Old school gent as well as a damn fine musician. They sadly don’t make em like this anymore.
theres a few of us around :)
John Lee misspoke: My dad was John Lee's manager in Detroit from '67 until my dad died in '71. After my dad died, John Lee moved to SF in '72, so in '76 when this was filmed he'd been in SF for 4 years, not 14yrs. Before he died, my dad was able to get John Lee paid all of his back royalties on Boom Boom Boom, and that's what gave him the money to open the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco.
The date of the video is incorrect.... someone has pointed this is from 1984
Thanks for the info. He mentioned in another documentary how he quit recording cause he always got ripped off and was making most of his money playing live. He deserves a statue for his amazing blues style
Yes and Eddie Murphy took over the boom boom room....laughing at you,John is his own entity...thorogood 3:39 nailed it!!! Now I am going upstairs fools and bring down all of my clothes.
2 legends in one room.
You could see john liked what George was doing with his music.
What a nice man, a sweetness to him. Nice to see this interview, a young George Thorogood, I was just a young kid at this time and knew Nothing of either of them. Catching up now on what was missed in my youth.
Life's boring without the blues... King of the boogie baby
Thank you my Lord for your amazing catalog ❤❤❤❤
The "Healer" with a powerful voice!
Watching this makes me want to get a gold watch.
😂😂 I don't know why but same here
yeah, blues is feeling, blues is life itself.
One of the many things I love about JLH was his way of speaking. Plenty of the old delta Blues guys used to mumble and grumble in a way that was very hard to understand. John Lee Hooker spoke so well he could read the evening news!
I love these two. So coooool
People don't monitor comments and then make an easy correction. This video is from 1984.
I could hear John Lee tell Albert Collins and Lightnin’ stories all week long.
Good stuff. True legend.
beautifully uncut
Coolest mfr in the history of music. Tied with Lightnin Hopkins
Greatest Bluesman
Loved to hear his thoughts about The Doors doing his Crawling King Snake, and Elvis, who by 1976 was still alive. And about Canned Heat.
This is from July 1984.
+guitarmanp90 I figured, this says 1976, but they mentioned 1977
+guitarmanp90 Thank you, makes sense.
Ppp⁷
100%
I love how he mentions the groundhogs. First band he mentions. Awsome collaboration 👌 you tube groundhogs and ol Jonny lee
What an OG.
Both of them.
We were watching an old video of a Top of the Pops episode on cable one night. Top of the Pops was British TV show that ran for years. In this particular episode there were many of the British Beat bands on the bill . . and who should be right in the middle of all this, but John Lee Hooker playing Boom Boom!! His song fitted seamlessly into the mix and the white kids in the studio audience were dancing their guts out to his music.
you can't write feeling on a paper...
“ I gotta go to Viet Nam”, one of my fav songs from JLH, great blues tune!!!
"I Don't Wanna Go to Vietnam"!
@@nexusi6867 Me Neither..
Legend
This fashions of the interviewer screams 80s
1984
That's George Thoroghghood...he's pretty mean on the mic himself. You have probably heard "Ba-ba-ba-ba bad to the bone"...that's him.
he left out Canned Heat," they did a few albums together hooker n Heat" my first live show I ever seen,5 In 1971, I was 16 years old at the Ash Grove in Hollywood, a good friend turned me on to them, put me on the path of the boogie!" I've probably seen John more times than any other band, they mentioned a few, the J.geils Band serve you right to suffer, Savoy Brown, they are tt GHG FD D Federer Boogie, then of course Lonesome George Thorogood and the Delaware destroyers on that Blue Highway"Foghat I just wanna make love to you, Humble Pie I Don't Need No Doctor, send another one of my favorites Johnny Winter" Help me, it's my own fault, mean Town Blues, John Mayall, John Lee Boogie, Buddy Guy, Joe Bonamassa, and of course ZZ Top LaGrange
Lucky you, Ash Grove
R.I.P.
☮️😎☮️
Johnny Lee Hooker
❤️🥀❤️
G Thorogood is a good guitarist himself
one of the greats
cool interview
Wweeoii yeah! 👍
ZZ TOP and Canned Heat are John Lee cranked up loud .
Whiskey and Women
Being introduced to Lightning Hopkins by John Lee Hooker :) #lordy
This can't be from 1976 when Thorogood is talking about going to a concert in 1977!!!
This must be in the 1980s, not 1976.
Thoroughgood was still unknown in '76. Also, George's hairstyle and clothing is total '80s.
Def not 70s
JOHN LEE'S CLUB IN SAN FRANCISCO HAD A GREAT NAME FOR THE KING OF BOOGIE. THE BOOM BOOM ROOM IN THE FILLMORE
George underrated AF.
I have his Gibso.
I'd do pretty much anything to own his old guitar. Some people grew up wanting to be Superman, I grew up wanting to be like J.L Hooker
🤘🏽🕶️🤘🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Absolutely no one flinch when that guy walked in front of the camera with his T-shirt and underwear on 😂🤦🏽♂️
Funny, Dylan & his gf Suz drunk and fighting in the next room
I'm curious what interrupted them at 5:10
Probably that guy in his underwear 🩲 pizza order 🍕 😄
Cab Calloway did boogie before the blues came around.
Cab's Music was a Mimic to please the white faces ..Blues is Legit Human Condition of hardships , wake up ...