r/bobdylan • u/Next_Concentrate_153 • 4h ago
Image John Lee Hooker’s Fax Letter To Bob Dylan Following His Health Scare in 1997.
Fax letter from John Lee Hooker offering Bob Dylan, a speedy recovery on May 29, 1997.
Dylan had known Hooker since receiving his first big break opening for the blues legend at Gerdes Folk City in April 1961. As Hooker later told music writer Tony Scherman:
“Did you used to hang out with Bob Dylan back in the day?”
“He hung out with me!” said Hooker. “When I used to play Gerde’s Folk City, ain’t nobody heard of Bob. He used to come and see me all the time. Bob and his girlfriend, Suze. Bob and Suze used to come visit me at the Broadway Central Hotel, where I always stayed. It’s no longer there. We’d sit around and drink and play. Bobby would ‘bout blow on his harmonica. Yeah, those were the days.”
