The story of the waitress/bartender seems strange to me. John Lee Hooker arrived in Detroit in
1943, and that year he married two women, Alma Hopes and Sarah Jones. In late 1944, he married the sixteen year old Maude Mathis by whom he had 5 children, and with whom he remained for 25 years until 1969. The woman at the bar, according to some is called Willa, Willow according to others, and still others say Luilla. What is strange is that around 1961, or when the song was released, at the home of John there was almost a crowd: his wife and 5 children. Could John take home also Willa/Willow/Luilla? In my opinion "boom boom" is a classic of blues, and inspired the infamous reggae chart Snow - informer. Snow made a discussed parody while singing
"a licky boom boom down".
The story of the waitress/bartender seems strange to me. John Lee Hooker arrived in Detroit in 1943, and that year he married two women, Alma Hopes and Sarah Jones. In late 1944, he married the sixteen year old Maude Mathis by whom he had 5 children, and with whom he remained for 25 years until 1969. The woman at the bar, according to some is called Willa, Willow according to others, and still others say Luilla. What is strange is that around 1961, or when the song was released, at the home of John there was almost a crowd: his wife and 5 children. Could John take home also Willa/Willow/Luilla? In my opinion "boom boom" is a classic of blues, and inspired the infamous reggae chart Snow - informer. Snow made a discussed parody while singing "a licky boom boom down".