Monday, April 27, 2026

John Lee Hooker & The Groundhogs - Boom Boom (The Beat Room, Oct 05, 1964)

 Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker song) - Wikipedia

According to Hooker, he wrote the song during an extended engagement at the Apex Bar in Detroit.

I would never be on time [for the gig]; I always would be late comin' in. And she [the bartender Willa] kept saying, "Boom boom – you late again". Every night: "Boom, boom – you late again". I said "Hmm, that's a song!" ... I got it together, the lyrics, rehearsed it, and I played it at the place, and the people went wild.[11]