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The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

377 - John Lee Hooker - The Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990 - Tommy Davidson

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

Comedy, Music, Music History, Comedy Interviews, Music Commentary

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and actor Tommy Davidson delves deep into the roots of America's culture through the lens of some of its original hits: the classic blues of John Lee Hooker's The Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990. Join The 500 Club on Patreon to get merch and watch videos with music every Wednesday: https://www.patreon.com/500podcast Watch videos without music for free on YouTube every Thursday: https://www.youtube.com/c/JoshAdamMeyers500podcast Follow Tommy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealtommycat/ Check out Tommy's website: https://www.thetommydavidson.com/ Follow Josh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshadammeyers/ Follow Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshAdamMeyers Follow Josh on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joshameyers Follow The 500 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the500podcast/ Follow The 500 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/the500podcast Follow The 500 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The500PodcastWithJAM/ Email the show: [email protected] Check the show website: http://the500podcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Next chapter podcast.

1:01.0

Oh snap doodle the song is boom boom.

1:05.0

And no it's not the one by the Vanga boys.

1:08.0

For a second I was like is this a cover?

1:10.0

Did the Vanga boys cover John Lee Hooker?

1:13.0

It's totally different song.

1:15.0

From the 1991 compilation album The Ultimate Collection

1:19.0

48th and 90th.

1:21.0

It's also number 377 on the 500 with Josh, Adam, me, Myers,

1:27.0

King, Cadougal, please army.

1:30.0

How was your week?

1:32.0

Thank you to everybody that went to the shows in Minnesota.

1:34.0

Thank you to all the people that went to the shows in San Diego.

1:38.0

That was a fucking blast.

1:40.0

Doing it out on the street corner.

1:42.0

This is how desensitized we are post pandemic

1:46.0

and to the audience that just wanted to watch it.

1:49.0

There was like two hobos fighting on the street corner.

1:52.0

One of them got like damn near beat to like an inch of his life.

1:56.0

And I'm like looking at it and stopping the stand up.

1:59.0

And the audience was like come on Josh.

2:01.0

Just finish the joke.

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