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JackyJackBN · May 11, 2007

Fenian_Bastard said:

JackyJackBN said:

I'm posting this for the second time tonight, because it needs to be heard. So sue me.

Fenian, you gotta check this out--John Lee Hookeer and Van Morrison:

She come round here...come round here...bout midniyight...come in my room, room...And her name is G...
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I love that clip. On the album, when they spell Gloria, Van says, "What's that spell, Johnny?" and Hook says, "Lucille!"

To tie the whole thread together, way backm when Peter Wolf was the overnight DJ at WBCN in Boston, and Van was living in Cambridge, Van would come in and sit with Wolf on the air, spinning R&B and talking about music. I'm most jealous of a rock critic pal of mine who once got invited to a Cambridge dive by Van. Four people in a booth to hear Van play "some new stuff I wrote." Turned out to be Astral Weeks, on an acoustic, start to finish.
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I've been trying to find the album with that clip; what is it, for goodness' sake?

About a year ago I was channel surfing, came across Austin City Limits with an old chubby guy in a porkpie hat just singing his ass off. I listened to about three bars and it hit me: That's Van Morrison! And then I very recently found the clip above. I've been listening to Johnny Lee since I was riding around country roads at night picking up blues stations out of Nashville and Chicago. ZZ Top and others have tried to capture a piece of him, but JLH has his own thing going.

Apologies for the threadjack.

EStreetJoe · May 11, 2007

JayFarrar · May 11, 2007

Freeze Frame was the first album I ever bought.
I literally wore that tape out.

Huggy · May 11, 2007

Whammer Jammer, lemme hear ya Dickie.....

Duane Postum · May 11, 2007

Saw Geils on the Freeze Frame tour at the Richfield Coliseum. Wonderful.

Geils and It's a Beautiful Day is one crazy bill.

westcoastvol · May 11, 2007

Pencil Dick said:

A high school friend who attended Rhodes College (at the time it was Southwestern University) bought tickets to see J. Geils Band in '81 or '82 at a club in Memphis. Tried like hell to get me to come visit and go to the show, but I never really cared for J. Geils even during their MTV heyday.

What a fuckup on my part.

The opening act went on to have a pretty respectable career: It was U2.

He still makes a point to show me the ticket stub when he's back in our hometown.
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Saw the same show, but in Knoxville. It was homecoming week, '81 at UT. I was a freshman in high school. I went, left after U2, went across town to see Rod Stewart on the "Tonight I'm Yours" tour.

My shit was so fly.

PopeDirkBenedict · May 11, 2007

JackyJackBN said:

Fenian_Bastard said:

JackyJackBN said:

I'm posting this for the second time tonight, because it needs to be heard. So sue me.

Fenian, you gotta check this out--John Lee Hookeer and Van Morrison:

She come round here...come round here...bout midniyight...come in my room, room...And her name is G...
Click to expand...

I love that clip. On the album, when they spell Gloria, Van says, "What's that spell, Johnny?" and Hook says, "Lucille!"

To tie the whole thread together, way backm when Peter Wolf was the overnight DJ at WBCN in Boston, and Van was living in Cambridge, Van would come in and sit with Wolf on the air, spinning R&B and talking about music. I'm most jealous of a rock critic pal of mine who once got invited to a Cambridge dive by Van. Four people in a booth to hear Van play "some new stuff I wrote." Turned out to be Astral Weeks, on an acoustic, start to finish.
Click to expand...

I've been trying to find the album with that clip; what is it, for goodness' sake?

About a year ago I was channel surfing, came across Austin City Limits with an old chubby guy in a porkpie hat just singing his ass off. I listened to about three bars and it hit me: That's Van Morrison! And then I very recently found the clip above. I've been listening to Johnny Lee since I was riding around country roads at night picking up blues stations out of Nashville and Chicago. ZZ Top and others have tried to capture a piece of him, but JLH has his own thing going.

Apologies for the threadjack.
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After watching that vid, I had to find out too. It looks like it comes from "Too Long in Exile"....not on iTunes, so you're going to have to buy the CD.

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