Art Hooker
Blues Producer, Broadcast Operations SpecialistArt Hooker was born in Wisconsin and trained on tuba at Hortonville Union High School and Lawrence Conservatory. As a self-taught flutist he traveled throughout the western U.S. as a busker. He studied radio production technology at Mount Hood Community College in Oregon. He also ad libbed flute music beds for a locally produced poetry program on public radio. He currently plays tenor saxophone, flute, rhythm guitar, percussive devices and vocals. He has performed with the Siegal/Schwall Blues Band, Seafood Mama (later known as Quarterflash), Sweet Betty and Nathaniel Mayer, as a solo artist and as a member of the bands King Rat, The Bushwhackers, FM Band, Two Flat Blues Band, Mumblin’ Eddy, Art Hooker, Hot Tomato, and the Big Jones Blues Band. He has opened for John Lee Hooker, James Cotton, Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy, Ben E. King, Luther ‘Guitar Jr.’ Johnson, Marshall Tucker, The Guess Who and Chris Duarte.
He’s been hooked on the blues ever since he realized that all the really good rock and roll songs were actually blues. Art started doing a blues radio show in 1995 on KRKX and has been the producer of ‘The Blue Light Boogie’ on Yellowstone Public Radio since May 2000. He has also been the MC for the Magic City Blues Festival since its beginning in 2002.
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Playlist #2033 Friday Nov 22, 2019“Blue Light Boogie”, Cozy Eggleston, Honkers And Barwalkers vol. 1 (various artists), Delmark Records“Where Is The…
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Playlist #1431 Saturday Nov. 16, 2019“Blue Light Boogie”, Cozy Eggleston, Honkers And Barwalkers vol. 1 (various artists), Delmark Records“All Around The…
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Playlist #2032 Friday Nov. 15, 2019“Blue Light Boogie”, Cozy Eggleston, Honkers And Barwalkers vol. 1 (various artists), Delmark Records“When A Woman…
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Playlist #1430 Saturday Nov. 9, 2019“Where The Yellow Cross The Dog”, Corey Harris, Downhome Sophisticate, Rounder Records“New Frisco Train”, Bukka White,…
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Playlist #2031 Friday Nov. 8, 2019“That’s What I Love About The Blues”, ‘Mighty’ Mike Schermer, Right Hand Man vol. 1, Fine Dog Records“That’s What I Like…
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Playlist #1429 Saturday Nov. 2, 2019“Midnight Special Blues”, Sam Collins, Jailhouse Blues, Yazoo Records“Yellow Dog Blues”, Sam Collins, Jailhouse Blues,…
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Playlist #006 Friday Nov. 1, 2019“Blue Light Boogie”, Cozy Eggleston, Honkers And Barwalkers vol. 1 (various artists), Delmark Records“See That My Grave…
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Playlist #1428 Saturday Oct. 25, 2019“Blue Light Boogie”, Cozy Eggleston, Honkers And Barwalkers vol. 1 (various artists), Delmark Records“Land Of…
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Playlist #020 Friday Oct. 25, 2019“Blue Light Boogie”, Cozy Eggleston, Honkers And Barwalkers vol. 1 (various artists), Delmark Records“Forty Four”,…
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Playlist #1426 Saturday Oct. 19, 2019“Blue Light Boogie”, Cozy Eggleston, Honkers And Barwalkers vol. 1 (various artists), Delmark Records“I Like It Like…