JOHN LEE HOOKER (Beat Room 1964) - 5/6

[realdinho]

Can't believe somebody thought it was the Animals...I mean in this day and age with all the info around or just a quick look at the clips on yt...

[MrStoney2011]

Great live blues ,this man is a true legend his deep voice and meaningful lyrics tell a story you can feel...Its amazing on the song boom boom the girls are having a hard time tryng to dance to this, but by the end of it they were grooving but the guys from the beginning are feeling what John Lee was singing about.When the remaining blues greats LIke BB King, Buddy Guy ,and yes....Eric Clapton leave us, there isnt much left and we will really feel the blues

[dzoni226]

very best thing you can find on the net and answers the question had Santa Claus ever been young?

[1widdleweasel]

This is just wonderful all around.

[12ATM12]

Haw haw haw haw...

[FIRECRACKER392]

Boom Boom Boy,,, lol

[kenpustelnik]

Sorry MrPantone123 , we would have played Preston a fair few times during that period , however I don't recollect the particular gig you have described ( then again I

can't remember any of the other venues we played in Preston either , no offence Preston )

[stockalone]

John Lee hooker with The Mighty Groundhogs!!!!!

[tataso]

The leyend !

[uberrent]

Damn fucking amazing !

[libertycaps666]

man people danced funny back in the day lol

[notsoeloquent]

@libertycaps666

sure can't compete with little whores rubbing their butts at my dick these days. Dancing evolved so much huh?

[loveyourwhiteshoes]

@libertycaps666

lol yeah, I just asked to myself "what's wrong with them?" LOL

[thelblman]

Man i love the classics.

[rabbithog]

start of the attitude music scene

[Hardright]

Saw him the first time in 1962. He was playing at a pizza parlor near Stanford U. He was great! He came with some women and one of them jumped onto a table and started dancing. One of the guys from Stanford jumped up on the table and danced with her. It was a great night. I think JLH lived in Redwood City, not far from Stanford.

[endurocatfish]

damn john is young here and look at the chef get down lmao

[MrCooterbruzer]

thats the best 7 min's i ever spent in my life

[MrCooterbruzer]

thats the best 7 min's i ever spent in my life

[srebalov]

JLH bring the Nurses out of Reach!

Unbeliavible!

JLH is the Real Soul Healer

[kenpustelnik]

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 .

[Vintagedude]

@kenpustelnik

Great music man- I bet you could tell some stories for sure! Is that you on the drums then?

[captbobalou]

@kenpustelnik Is that you on drums here and on "I'm Leaving"? That must have been an amazing gig

[zepkungfu]

@kenpustelnik Sounds like you had the time of your life.

[PREAKOB]

@kenpustelnik did you back JLH in Brighton in 68 or 69 upstairs at the Richmond pub.it was a great gig.

[kenpustelnik]

@PREAKOB Can't remember the gig unfortunately but it would have been me drumming with The Groundhogs .

[MrPantone123]

@kenpustelnik

How soon they forget or never knew. Must have seen you in Preston around 1971-72. Great.

[kenpustelnik]

@MrPantone123 Yes great days , which gig in Preston?

[MrPantone123]

@kenpustelnik

Did you do many gigs in Preston then? It would have been around 1969-70, small hall/large room off the main street. Not usually used for gigs. Only the Groundhogs played from memory.

[damonlevine]

@kenpustelnik Is that you on drums in this footage?

[JonnyMonk3782001]

@kenpustelnik Noone cares. Sorry.

[newberry58]

Wow .. a room full of rhythm .. not .. only on stage and the chef

[newberry58]

did anyone see the chef come out to dance ??

[Sirchud68]

The Animals with John Lee, man, what a sound!

[bburnsey]

Thanks for al;l of the great videos

[skunkhead2006]

i was lucky enough when i was a kid to meet alan price,i got his autograph thinking he was a football(soccer) player at the roker park club in sunderland after the match, he was a devoute sunderland supporter my cousin knew him quite well he actually had the footy top on sunderlands away top!

[myradioon]

I used to own that video myself. Great footage. Many people comment on how good the backing band is for "white guys". The band is the Animals - without singer Eric Burdon ("House Of The Rising Sun, etc.) - who covered many of John Lee Hooker's songs and helped get him to England. The piano player is Alan Price and the bassist Chaz Chandler discovered and managed Jimi Hendrix later on.

If the poster could add this info it would be insightful for some people.

Thanks for posting it!

[waylo4526]

this the boogie man fo sho?!

[poisenpen2003]

"boom boom boy" -- signs of the f.u. times. Imagine referring to this icon that way...shameful

[flamesounds]

B.B. King's name means 'Blues Boy'......people are too sensitive about this kind of stuff today and it's only made matters a lot worse.

[markverydisco]

That blond haired bloke is my old man , no joke! he sent me this vid today.

I asked him why he was sweating so much "Probably the purple hearts son"

[waylo4526]

@markverydisco man that is too cool

[skunkhead2006]

pretty good for us honkys eh!!!

[waylo4526]

@skunkhead2006 rofl

[marvy1118]

'Put you in my house" LOL

[marvy1118]

That is an incredibly funky sound coming from a group of white guys behind JLH.

[MrSuedehead72]

les premiers "fans" de blues en angleterre étaient les "mods" (puristes 1962 1964) , et aussi bien lee hooker, que memphis slim, jimmy reed, boo didley... ont influencé aussi bien les yardbirds(clapton,page...) que les rollin' stooones!!! long jhon baldry, georgie fame,steampacket..... very great version from the great john lee hooker!!!! thanks!!!!! from a french dreamer......

[stegg17]

It's great to see a younger John Lee rockin out!

Most of what I've seen before he always looks 80 - but he was still cool.

[guitarded71]

Haha what's up with the guy dressed as a chef (see 1:53 amd 1:58)?

[danux0]

if i was there i would probably stop cooking and go dance too

[MrMudneck]

sheesh and i used to think that he was better as solo act, but that was sweet like candy for my woman

[kjhnavy12]

Ya gotta like that crowd of white folks, boys in suits, girls with big hair, dancing like they're not quite sure what they're listening to. Go John!

[dearmalika]

Fantastic!!!

[Moscvitch]

Where are other parts?

[freepussy]

I meant "groove"

[freepussy]

J Lee had a grovve that will never be duplicated

[alonenjersey]

Mississippi's greatest contribution to music: John Lee Hooker.

[Bohumill2]

I always love that dancemasters on the floor...

Nad INCREDIBLE performance of Johnny Lee..

[Bluzer86]

Lord have mercy... :)

[garmonbozia318]

Awesome performance by Hooker as always. Also, some textbook awkward white dancing.

[geraldineski]

The basis for much that came afterward...

[captbobalou]

I like it like that!

[stollav7]

Still the king of boogie. I love it and also nowadays it's sound great.

Boogie Cillen! from Holland

[Karencorpse]

I like this video, very well made. I saw John Lee Hooker at Navey Pier in Chicago. He had at least 6,000 people jumping up and down on this cement layered platform and it was moving up and down like an earthquake.

[AmericanPunkGarage]

Great. PK thanks for telling me who the band backing John Lee was.