Posted before, no apologies for posting again.
Posted before, no apologies for posting again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWizzO9nSBU&feature=fvst
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That is John Lee Hooker, John Lee Hooker, playing in Ilkley.
I was there. I was not dreaming.
Last edited by Graham Breeze; 03-11-2012 at 11:14 PM.
Very good, like the top youtube comment:Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWizzO9nSBU&feature=fvst
John Lee Hooker played in Ilkley in 1965. I was there.
"So it's JLH with The Animals is it children , wrong,the band with John is in fact The Groundhogs , that's Tony McPhee on gtr. and Pete Cruickshank
on bass , not Chas Chandler , I should know I played drums in the Groundhogs and toured with
John Lee . So many experts so little accuracy or truth ."
Boom Boom was John Lee Hooker's only Hot 100 entry in the USA. On Vee-Jay 438 it got to #60.
Now you may say "why is that surprising; he was a blues singer".
And so he was but so was Jimmy Reed who basically recorded the same song 500 times and was also on Vee-Jay and he had 12 (twelve) Hot 100 entries with Honest I Do reaching #32.
Go figure?
Of course Jimi Hendrix also played at the Troutbeck Hotel in Ilkley.
Just google it!
I drive past the Troutbeck every day.
It is now a Nursing Home.
That's it... At the earliest opportunity I'm moving to Ilkley. Cultural capital of West Yorkshire. Just need to win the lottery so I can afford it...
Did you go? I hope you weren't at home reading one of your books
Poacher turned game-keeper
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