Bobby was fortunate to have a friend like Louie that enabled him to be his true self away from all the crazy stardom of the music business. Thank you Louie for a loving insight into the real Bob Dylan.
Louie and Bob's speaking cadence and the timbre of their voices is so similar you'd swear they were brothers. Evidently from growing up in the same community in northern Minnesota. It's really nice they've had this wonderful friendship for so many years. There's nothing like connecting with an old friend who knew you way back when....
I spent a lot of time with Louis Kemp making commercials with him for his seafood company. Such a good guy. He had me over to his house for dinner, toook me out and introduced me to his niece when i was single. He told me many Bob Dylan stories and I was and am a huge fan of die hard fan.
@@ja2402 and the inevitable "everything on the internet is fake, it's not believable that someone can ever meet a famous person and write a comment about it" guy
I've heard Louie's name over the years but the interview is so perfect & sincere... A kind man that shows friendship at it's most discreet & giving...Thanks!
Friendships that begin at summer camp (in this case a Jewish one) can truly last a lifetime. This interview is more revealing and genuine than anything I've seen about Bob (Bobby) Dylan (Zimmerman) and much thanks to Louie Kemp for sharing such personal feelings and thoughts.
I worked on a Kemp Fisheries salmon processing boat and on land in Alaska in the early 80’s. Rumor was Dylan was coming for a visit, but alas, just a rumor. Louie was a big fan of the salmon cheeks we cooked up! Great to see the interview.
RUclips poster, The North 103.3 FM, thank you for the FABULOUS, short piece on Louie Kemp’s recollection of his childhood personal and professional relationship with Bob Dylan. The video was candid, authentic, and real …… and speaks volumes for both Louie Kemp and Bob Dylan.
Completely love this interview and in the meantime, everything I feel about bob is there, a simple human being who navigated through the meandering of human society. But a gifted and blessed one who changed our lives...
amazing interview Bob Dylan is just as lucky to have Louise Kemp as a friend Is Louis is to have Bobby this is probably the most interesting reveal I have seen about Dylan
Fabulous interview, listening to Louie was amazing.....the ending brought everything all home. Something I sort of knew listening to Bob's lyrics that continue to echo the presence of a higher power. Bob knows where he comes from.
I realised that Bobby was Blessed by God to spread the word of life through his music,a Great friend like Louie is Priceless to have! Telling it just as it was Thankyou 😊
You are lucky to be his friend. As soon as heard his voice on the single LP I'd just brought home and played on my little record player I felt a connection to him. Amazingly my mother hated the sound and I had to listen when she couldn't hear it. I've followed his music and words ever since. I hear God's voice in some of his musical lyrics. God blesses all through his instruments.
His music, vocals, lyrics and style have mesmerized my inner soul since the 60' and captivated my interest in all he is! I learned to play guitar and harmonica together bc of Bob and I'm so grateful to him for it. Got to see him numerous times in the Detroit area and never failed to amaze! Thank you for this interview with Louie and this wonderful video! Namaste! Carpe Diem!
We need more real interviews like this-one of the best I’ve ever seen/real, genuine and incredibly insightful I know more about one of my favourite songwriters than I’ve ever known before This was awesome!👏🏼
That was an excellent interview , i have seen lots of interviews, read many books on dylan, seen him in concert on numerous occasions. That was excellent. 😊
Thank you, Louie. Heartfelt and real. What a blessing that you and Bobby have been friends. I appreciate you saying that Bob KNOWS where the credit belongs…to our GREAT GOD!!!🙏🏼🎉🕊️ It makes sense why he stays low. To be that conduit that you spoke of. ❤️👏🏼✌🏼
Please! Accept my love & gratitude for this blessing.✌🏼❤️🙏🕉 Some might say this was the luck of the algorithm that walked you through my feed I say it was Synchronicity… another gift from one who has blessed this life and so many others Please let Louie know that it was a pleasure to hear him speak and for keeping it so real❤️
this is a terrific piece of insight into Bob Dylan starting when he was a young Jewish boy in Minnesota and met this fellow at the Jewish camp and then went on to rock 'n' roll. For those who don't know Buddy Holly The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens La Bamba these three guys on the top of their popularity died in a plane crash apparently two days after these two young teenagers got to see them Perform. Probably their last performance.
Thanks Louie, for making it possible to look in on the real moments that you shared with your friend Bobby. He was as lucky to have you as you were to have him. A real someone to confide in. To hear that his ego was in check helps to shed light on reasons for his responding to the media and ducking certain interviews. A real down to earth guy, indeed.
Seems that he was lucky to have a friend like Mr. Kemp to turn to & help with remaining grounded. .... Thanks for the interview. Well done & enjoyed it. Best regards 🤠
I’ve seen Bob perform many times I’ve been a fan for so long . He’s the biggest reason why I play guitar and write songs. If I ever met him I wouldn’t act like he was Bob Dylan. I think when you’re that famous you would get tired of people making a big deal over you. I would just simply say thank you for sharing your words and music with the world.
In front of the first row at the Buddy Holly show...that's nuts! In 66 Dylan played in the Seattle Center and my friend and I sat on the floor inches from the stage. It was assigned seating and we shouldn't have been there but apparently nobody saw us. After the show started we kicked back on the floor looking straight up at Dylan. The second set was Bob Dylan ELECTRIC! Through that set, on our backs we planted our feet on the stage....inches from Dylans mic stand! All for $4 or $5. Somewhere our feet should be in some concert photos
I am constantly blown away when Jerry Lee is mentioned along side Chuck Berry as inspiration to legends such as Dylan and Elton John. Jerry Lee is my 2nd cousin. To have that in my bloodline is surreal.
It's one of the things I've always loved about Bob Dylan. He's humble. He doesn't really want the fame. One interviewer asked him if he was confident in his ability to write songs. He basically said, No, but I can pull it off. And I'm always amazed when I do. As he said here, It's a gift from God. Humility.
Such a Wonderful story a out 2 teenage Boy's who have stayed best friends all the way through the Amazing life of Bobby ❤ who is So loved by So many ❤️ including me❤❤❤
The Kemp interview connects missing pieces that fans of the entertainer may have wondered about but were too respectful to ask. Oh, to have been at one of those "open houses" and seen Zimmerman play the piano. That would have been both luck and a blessing.
I guess I was about 10 years old and talked my folks into buying me my first record. It was a 45 of ‘Like a Rolling Stone’. I wore that copy out on my sisters little green Montgomery Ward record player and 6 months later it was a Harmony electric guitar from an Alden’s catalog. I’m 71 now and still own that guitar. Thanks Bob!
Nice to hear somebody talk bout Bob Dylan that actually has some idea who they’re actually talking about. This is great… though it would be hilarious if he made it all up😂… i’m sure plenty of folks have invented stories, that’s just how some people are. This guy seems very nice and quite sincere. Thank you for sharing.👍🏻🙏🏻
Mr.Kemp's description of Bob Dylan's private down-to-earth persona fits very much with how he is depicted by Chris Bowman in his beautiful memoir "Me, the Boat and a guy named Bob". Highly recommended for anyone who is interested in Bob Dylan, sailing, the Caribbean, traditional boatbuilding and just a good story.
Louie Kemp a true friend whom I’m sure Bobbie Zimmerman loves🥰🥰🥰🥰. Bob a mysterious & enigmatic man had humble & true roots that he held on to all these years. So true about him not addressing the audience at all. He just plays the music & any way the mood suits him. Still on tour to this day at 83 years old and amazing achievement to be appreciated by all Americans. Saw him in November from about 20 ft. Away so interesting to observe his mannerisms & communications with his band. Couldn’t understand a lot of the words, but th passion was there. The Edit Piaff of our times👏🏼🎸🎹👏🏼🎸🎹🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Saw my grandpa's old wearhouse at :47 so that was fun. And coincidentally was in Hibbing yesterday and saw the Noble Prize monument on "Bob Dylan Drive," outside Hibbing High (Go Bluejackets!) and just up the street from Blessed Sacrament Church.😎✌️
I have enjoyed Bob Dylan for years and have learned to play some of his songs myself.....Louie said it right...Blessed. To know Bob is a down to earth man makes his success in music even greater.
“I’ll put together the show, and you take care of everything else.”😂 Louis Kemp, you are amazing! I wish they had showed you in the new movie… Or did they and I just didn’t know it?
Thanks Mr. Kemp, never heard a first person account of Bob & Buddy. My mom knew Buddy as a child (4),years old, Lubbock. A friend of mine was Norman Petty. I was born in 1959 as well. However, too young to meet the great Buddy Holley (correct spelling). Thanks.
so beautiful, i can see why you were friends for life, just loved this, we were all the same kids 😉🍀🥰 imagine seeing a young Dylan front row at a young Buddy Holly gig 😉
You can kind of imagine what that “coming together” of Bobby Zimmerman and Buddy Holly might have been like. Bobby probably completely absorbing everything possible out of the moment and Buddy maybe glancing down, wondering who that wide-eyed kid on the first row, with that strange glowing aura around him, might turn out to be someday. Polar opposite’s in some ways but kindred spirits in others.
Bobby was fortunate to have a friend like Louie that enabled him to be his true self away from all the crazy stardom of the music business. Thank you Louie for a loving insight into the real Bob Dylan.
Brilliant interview with L Kemp. Having a friend, from 16 yrs old, like this is PRICELESS.
We couldn't agree more!
Well I'm hardly surprised that a really old friend of Bob Dylan's seems very down to earth.
Thanks for the upload.
Louie and Bob's speaking cadence and the timbre of their voices is so similar you'd swear they were brothers. Evidently from growing up in the same community in northern Minnesota. It's really nice they've had this wonderful friendship for so many years. There's nothing like connecting with an old friend who knew you way back when....
So true.
Nothing like a true friend ❤️
Yes he does know he's blessed! 💜
So often that line comes up, I'm sure in a most profound way for Bob Dylan, "Bringing it All Back Home"
I love Louie what a great friend🎉🎉🎉
"He knows what he has is a gift from God." Wow. Thank you for a fabulous interview. I feel blessed to be alive at the same time as Bob.
Thank you!
💯
There is NO GOD!
I wonder why he told Ed Bradley in his 60 min interview that he sold his soul for success? He didn’t appear to be playing any game!!
@@flemingcourtThat’s as stupid as saying there’s nothing on the other side of a curtain. Without knowing.
I spent a lot of time with Louis Kemp making commercials with him for his seafood company. Such a good guy. He had me over to his house for dinner, toook me out and introduced me to his niece when i was single. He told me many Bob Dylan stories and I was and am a huge fan of die hard fan.
We found the “trust me bro” guy lol
So what happened with the niece?
@@ja2402 and the inevitable "everything on the internet is fake, it's not believable that someone can ever meet a famous person and write a comment about it" guy
I've heard Louie's name over the years but the interview is so perfect & sincere...
A kind man that shows friendship at it's most discreet & giving...Thanks!
Friendships that begin at summer camp (in this case a Jewish one) can truly last a lifetime. This interview is more revealing and genuine than anything I've seen about Bob (Bobby) Dylan (Zimmerman) and much thanks to Louie Kemp for sharing such personal feelings and thoughts.
It doesn't matter what religion you are
@@dondamon4669 Regarding summer camp, I agree.
I worked on a Kemp Fisheries salmon processing boat and on land in Alaska in the early 80’s. Rumor was Dylan was coming for a visit, but alas, just a rumor. Louie was a big fan of the salmon cheeks we cooked up! Great to see the interview.
RUclips poster, The North 103.3 FM, thank you for the FABULOUS, short piece on Louie Kemp’s recollection of his childhood personal and professional relationship with Bob Dylan.
The video was candid, authentic, and real …… and speaks volumes for both Louie Kemp and Bob Dylan.
Thank you for watching!
@@Thenorth1033
@Thenorth1033, you are welcome. Keep up the great work!
I loved this interview.
So wholesome, about an Old Time Friend.
Completely love this interview and in the meantime, everything I feel about bob is there, a simple human being who navigated through the meandering of human society. But a gifted and blessed one who changed our lives...
amazing interview
Bob Dylan is just as lucky to have Louise Kemp as a friend
Is Louis is to have Bobby
this is probably the most interesting reveal I have seen about Dylan
Fabulous interview, listening to Louie was amazing.....the ending brought everything all home. Something I sort of knew listening to Bob's lyrics that continue to echo the presence of a higher power. Bob knows where he comes from.
Glad you enjoyed it!
So cool that Dylan kept his friendship with him. A true down to earth dude.
I realised that Bobby was Blessed by God to spread the word of life through his music,a Great friend like Louie is Priceless to have! Telling it just as it was Thankyou 😊
You are lucky to be his friend. As soon as heard his voice on the single LP I'd just brought home and played on my little record player I felt a connection to him. Amazingly my mother hated the sound and I had to listen when she couldn't hear it. I've followed his music and words ever since. I hear God's voice in some of his musical lyrics. God blesses all through his instruments.
His music, vocals, lyrics and style have mesmerized my inner soul since the 60' and captivated my interest in all he is! I learned to play guitar and harmonica together bc of Bob and I'm so grateful to him for it. Got to see him numerous times in the Detroit area and never failed to amaze! Thank you for this interview with Louie and this wonderful video! Namaste! Carpe Diem!
I can't love this interview more.
Oh my god, so true. It is f*****g fantastic .... and kind of moving.
True. Heartwarming.
We need more real interviews like this-one of the best I’ve ever seen/real, genuine and incredibly insightful
I know more about one of my favourite songwriters than I’ve ever known before
This was awesome!👏🏼
One of the best interviews I've ever seen, extremely interesting.
Heard about Louie forever. Great to see this!!
That was an excellent interview , i have seen lots of interviews, read many books on dylan, seen him in concert on numerous occasions.
That was excellent. 😊
Thank you for the nice words!
Thank you for this great presentation. Bob is definitely blessed, and we are blessed to have him among us.
And he’s blessed to have a life-long buddy like Louie.
Thank you, Louie. Heartfelt and real. What a blessing that you and Bobby have been friends. I appreciate you saying that Bob KNOWS where the credit belongs…to our GREAT GOD!!!🙏🏼🎉🕊️ It makes sense why he stays low. To be that conduit that you spoke of. ❤️👏🏼✌🏼
Please! Accept my love & gratitude for this blessing.✌🏼❤️🙏🕉
Some might say this was the luck of the algorithm that walked you through my feed
I say it was Synchronicity… another gift from one who has blessed this life and so many others
Please let Louie know that it was a pleasure to hear him speak and for keeping it so real❤️
this is a terrific piece of insight into Bob Dylan starting when he was a young Jewish boy in Minnesota and met this fellow at the Jewish camp and then went on to rock 'n' roll. For those who don't know Buddy Holly The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens La Bamba these three guys on the top of their popularity died in a plane crash apparently two days after these two young teenagers got to see them Perform. Probably their last performance.
The last one was in Iowa.
@@zeldafreak1975 ty so where did the plane crash with the hot popular trio of acts/people on it?
Great interview ,thanks Louie, thaks interviewer, thanks Duluth
I totally love this interview. Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great interview I have been a fan since the early 60,s so it was great to hear this guy talk about their youth together.
Thanks for this perspective. So many great songs. "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" is my favorite. 🙂🙏
LRatJoH, mine too!
Great minds.........🙂😊😅😂🤣
Thanks Louie, for making it possible to look in on the real moments that you shared with your friend Bobby. He was as lucky to have you as you were to have him. A real someone to confide in. To hear that his ego was in check helps to shed light on reasons for his responding to the media and ducking certain interviews. A real down to earth guy, indeed.
What a beautiful and heartfelt and revealing interview. Love it. Love Louie. Love Bob even more. ❤❤❤
Seems that he was lucky to have a friend like Mr. Kemp to turn to & help with remaining grounded. .... Thanks for the interview. Well done & enjoyed it.
Best regards
🤠
I agree he is blessed by God
I’ve seen Bob perform many times I’ve been a fan for so long . He’s the biggest reason why I play guitar and write songs. If I ever met him I wouldn’t act like he was Bob Dylan. I think when you’re that famous you would get tired of people making a big deal over you. I would just simply say thank you for sharing your words and music with the world.
In front of the first row at the Buddy Holly show...that's nuts!
In 66 Dylan played in the Seattle Center and my friend and I sat on the floor inches from the stage. It was assigned seating and we shouldn't have been there but apparently nobody saw us. After the show started we kicked back on the floor looking straight up at Dylan. The second set was Bob Dylan ELECTRIC! Through that set, on our backs we planted our feet on the stage....inches from Dylans mic stand! All for $4 or $5. Somewhere our feet should be in some concert photos
@jeffhammers Wow! Now, that's a memory! I. Will be watching for a couple pairs of feet. THANKS 😊
I liked how Louie says he is not friends with Bob Dylan but is friends with Bobby Zimmerman 😊
This was incredible! Thank you for this excellent interview with Bob’s dear lifelong friend and collaborator
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am constantly blown away when Jerry Lee is mentioned along side Chuck Berry as inspiration to legends such as Dylan and Elton John.
Jerry Lee is my 2nd cousin. To have that in my bloodline is surreal.
Woody Guthrie is one of my grandfather's cousins. Bob loved him.
Fantastic interview, thankyou for putting it together!
Enjoyed the interview, thanks for sharing. Cute picture of you all in your youth 👦🏻
Such great memories to share. This is heartwarming. Thanks
@@Bob_Cats
Memory is never far from storytelling like here.
That was fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fabulous interview! Thank you.
My Bob Dylan story, my Mom and Bobs mom were friends in the Hibbing area, I played with him as a baby! I was born in December of 1941.!
Cute story. Short story but cute. You and baby Bob Dylan
It's one of the things I've always loved about Bob Dylan. He's humble. He doesn't really want the fame. One interviewer asked him if he was confident in his ability to write songs. He basically said, No, but I can pull it off. And I'm always amazed when I do. As he said here, It's a gift from God. Humility.
This guy is a great, genuine storyteller. What a friendship. Great friends are priceless. They are everything.
Such a Wonderful story a out 2 teenage Boy's who have stayed best friends all the way through the Amazing life of Bobby ❤ who is So loved by So many ❤️ including me❤❤❤
The Kemp interview connects missing pieces that fans of the entertainer may have wondered about but were too respectful to ask. Oh, to have been at one of those "open houses" and seen Zimmerman play the piano. That would have been both luck and a blessing.
Wow, great interview. Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Exactly what a man needs , a good mate, and thats a hard thing to find tnese days. Blessed friendship. Thanks
Loved this interview. Bob is lucky to have him as a friend.
Your reactions are authentic and beyond! I just love you and appreciate you. A person can tell you appreciate this music-you're an old soul.
Im a lifelong fan of Dylan but ive always avoided interviews with him or books about him. His lyrics and songs are all that matter to me.
"He wouldn't settle for anything else." This is THE key.
I guess I was about 10 years old and talked my folks into buying me my first record. It was a 45 of ‘Like a Rolling Stone’. I wore that copy out on my sisters little green Montgomery Ward record player and 6 months later it was a Harmony electric guitar from an Alden’s catalog. I’m 71 now and still own that guitar. Thanks Bob!
Nice to hear somebody talk bout Bob Dylan that actually has some idea who they’re actually talking about. This is great… though it would be hilarious if he made it all up😂… i’m sure plenty of folks have invented stories, that’s just how some people are.
This guy seems very nice and quite sincere.
Thank you for sharing.👍🏻🙏🏻
Louie Kemp sounds like a wonderful friend to have had all these years. He's a blessing.
Thank you for this excellent interview. I appreciate it very much. Peace to you!
What a beautiful person.. what a brother friend ship. Just adore this interview z thank you pbs
Thank you!
I've always found most pleasure in hearing my heroes' biographies in the stories of their childhood, adolescence and young adulthood.❤❤❤
Great interview!
Awesome Louie. Thanks!
Wow! Great interview and great recollections!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is a Special insight. ThankYou😮
Excellent thanks man! 🤟
Mr.Kemp's description of Bob Dylan's private down-to-earth persona fits very much with how he is depicted by Chris Bowman in his beautiful memoir "Me, the Boat and a guy named Bob". Highly recommended for anyone who is interested in Bob Dylan, sailing, the Caribbean, traditional boatbuilding and just a good story.
Brilliant interview. 100 per cent authenticity. Congratulations.
How many of you clicked on this because you've never seen Bob Dylan smiling before?
Louie Kemp a true friend whom I’m sure Bobbie Zimmerman loves🥰🥰🥰🥰. Bob a mysterious & enigmatic man had humble & true roots that he held on to all these years. So true about him not addressing the audience at all. He just plays the music & any way the mood suits him. Still on tour to this day at 83 years old and amazing achievement to be
appreciated by all Americans. Saw him in November from about 20 ft. Away so interesting to observe his mannerisms & communications with his band. Couldn’t understand a lot of the words, but th passion was there. The Edit Piaff of our times👏🏼🎸🎹👏🏼🎸🎹🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
how much more does humanity need to know than what the two Bobs have given us? Bob Dylan & Bob Marley. Thank you.
Thanks Louie, nice for you to bring it on down to earth...
Nice man! That's a blessing right there to have a good friend.
Loved this. I live in Duluth.
Saw my grandpa's old wearhouse at :47 so that was fun. And coincidentally was in Hibbing yesterday and saw the Noble Prize monument on "Bob Dylan Drive," outside Hibbing High (Go Bluejackets!) and just up the street from Blessed Sacrament Church.😎✌️
I have enjoyed Bob Dylan for years and have learned to play some of his songs myself.....Louie said it right...Blessed. To know Bob is a down to earth man makes his success in music even greater.
Thanks for sharing this with us. Boa Dylan certainly ìs a special and gifted person. A friend to all.
I was at The Rolling Thunder Review in Rochester New York. I am a life long fan. The first Album I ever bought was Freewheeling. I was 9 years old.😊
Excellent clip! Well worth the 16 minutes!
It says good things about Bob to have such a wonderful friend as Louie.
What a sweet interview with an old friend. Dylan has many sides to his personality (don't we all) and this is the sweet side.
Great interview and friendship, memories!
Wonderful! Wonderful Louie. Wonderful Bob.
❤
I truly enjoyed this interview. Really heartfelt and real.
Thanks for watching! There are two other interviews in our Dylan conversation playlist
“I’ll put together the show, and you take care of everything else.”😂 Louis Kemp, you are amazing! I wish they had showed you in the new movie… Or did they and I just didn’t know it?
Excellent.
Wow! Everybody should have a best friend like Louie! ❤
Who wouldn't want a friend like Louie. Great name too.
Bob has warmth to his soul. I don't doubt at all it came straight from above.
So great
This was great! Thanks
Thanks Mr. Kemp, never heard a first person account of Bob & Buddy. My mom knew Buddy as a child (4),years old, Lubbock. A friend of mine was Norman Petty. I was born in 1959 as well. However, too young to meet the great Buddy Holley (correct spelling). Thanks.
so beautiful, i can see why you were friends for life, just loved this, we were all the same kids 😉🍀🥰 imagine seeing a young Dylan front row at a young Buddy Holly gig 😉
Stunning. What a pleasure to listen to.
This is so good and informative.Fascinating stuff!
That was very interesting. Thank you The North 103.3
Incredible story about them seeing Buddy Holly & the Crickets together!! MUST HEAR
You can kind of imagine what that “coming together” of Bobby Zimmerman and Buddy Holly might have been like. Bobby probably completely absorbing everything possible out of the moment and Buddy maybe glancing down, wondering who that wide-eyed kid on the first row, with that strange glowing aura around him, might turn out to be someday.
Polar opposite’s in some ways but kindred spirits in others.
A direct transmission was received, it seems!
Thanks Louie for summing up Bob. I always believe it and speak it. Bob is blessed. Thank you God for Blessing Bob. So Be It...
Nice to hear ! Thanks
Great video !
wow. love the ending. and whole interview ☆
Thank you for watching!