2001, May 25th. John Lee Hooker with Rich Kirch, Pete Sears, Ron Perry, Bryant Mills.

2001, May 25th. John Lee Hooker with Rich Kirch, Pete Sears, Ron Perry, Bryant Mills.

Gold Country Casino, Oroville, California.
I was filling in for their regular keyboard player Liz Fisher who was ill.
A few songs from the show are up on YouTube.
I liked hanging out with John, whom I’d got to know through his close friend and “Coast to Coast Blues Band” leader Rich Kirch. John used to call Rich every day just to chat.
I remember John keeping the temperature in his house up in the eighties…and he’d hang around all day in a sharp suit and hat. He was one of a kind, and lived his life on his terms. I used to listen to John when I was fourteen years old, and I feel privileged to have known and played with such a legend. — with John Lee Hooker.