Version I heard, one was the dumper & the other was the eater. I think it was Cooper, then Zappa, but I’m sure different tellings reversed the order.
My favorite Cooper story- I heard in 7th grade- “Billion Dollar Baby” was a reference to his effort to buy a baby for a billion dollars so he could kill it on stage.
I did not recognize the BS of Alice having a billion dollars, BUT knew damn well that no place in the civilized world would allow him to publically kill a baby. The teller insisted that his wealth & fame would be sufficient to clear him.
Been years since I read HAMMER OF THE GODS (which the LZ members have denounced), but IIRC it tells a believable enough version. Btw, she was a natural redhead & the fish was a red snapper.
I had never seen John Lee before that nor I did I ever see him after that, but I do remember. First of all he never said a word when he first came out, he then proceeded to down the beer, and then, as stated, started playing. John Lee didn’t converse much with the audience that night but he did put on one hell of a rundown through his songs. I have to say that I don’t know that much about Hooker’s personal life and such but the man had the most incredible voice and delivery of any bluesman I have ever seen.
#whatever) Metallica, with Bob Rock on bass. They wanted to try out the St. Anger material before the CD was released. They called themselves something else, and the club owner made them pay $75 for the privelege of playing in his club.
Oh, and I do remember this too. A few seconds into Love Rollercoaster or some other track by the Ohio Players, you can hear a woman’s scream. According to the story, a girl was being strangled in a room next to the booth while the band was recording. I’ve heard this from several people through the years. Also, something about an album cover by the same group. Hmmm….
**The 10 greatest rock’n’roll myths **
By Graeme Thomson of The Observer
1: ‘Mama’ Cass choking on a sandwich
2: Marilyn Manson starring in ‘The Wonder Years’
3: The Beatles’ spliff in Buckingham Palace
4: Keef’s blood transfusion
5: Stevie Nicks having cocaine blown up her bum
6: Robert Johnson’s pact with the devil
7: Jacko and the elephant man
8: Sid checks in at Heathrow
9: Richey Edwards lives
10: Led Zep and the mud shark
thanks for sharing. maybe it was just a beer and not beers. i think the hook only knew how to play one melody but man could he sing.
he also typified the rock n roll groupie banger. he told a story when i hung out with him about some groupie he uh serviced and then tossed out for the rest of the band. iirc he was 65 & wife was around 24.
after the gig he was backstage and two 20 somethings dressed up to get messed up said ‘we’re friends of john lee…’ ya right, but i asked john lee and he said 'hell yes, let ‘em in.’
i saw the bimbo’s both perched on a knee with some serious face sucking and groping going on. this was in 1981 when he was about 70.
I have never been a musician or in a band or anything like you but the impression that I’ve always had regarding guys like Hooker and Waters was that they lived the life they sang about to the fullest.
How could I have forgotten that one! it’s one of my favorites because I always think about the poor roadie whose job it would have been to man the straw.
