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Blue Light Boogie: Thee Three Kings

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Playlist #1836 Dec. 15, 2017

“Blue Light Boogie”, Cozy Eggleston, Honkers And Barwalkers vol. 1, Delmark Records, http://www.delmark.com

“Celebrate Christmas”, B. B. King, Christmas In Blues, KRB Music Companies, http://www.bbking.com

“I Hear Jingle Bells”, Freddy King, Blues, Blues Christmas vol. 4 (various artists), Document Records, http://www.freddiekingsite.com

“Christmas Comes But Once A Year”, Albert King, Christmas In Soulsville (various artists), Stax Records, http://www.staxrecords.com

“We Three Kings”, Amjad Ali Khan, Hope, The Machat Company, http://www.sarod.com

“Feliz Navidad”, Freddie McGregor, A Reggae Christmas (various artists), RAS Records, http://www.freddiemcgregormusic.com

“Mele Kalikimaka”, Jimmy Buffett, Christmas Island, MCA Records, http://www.margaritaville.com

“Christmas In Paradise”, Mike Morgan and the Crawl, Blues, Mistletoe, And Santa’s Little Helper (various artists), Black Top Records, http://www.mikemorganandthecrawl.com

“Christmas Island”, Leon Redbone, Christmas Island, Private Music, http://www.leonredbone.com

“Christmas At The Oasis”, Maria Muldaur, Christmas At The Oasis, Global Recording Artists, http://www.mariamuldaur.com http://www.gragroup.com

“Santa’s Hideaway”, The Colby’s, Christmas Gumbo, self release

“Ho Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rhum”, Jimmy Buffett, Christmas Island, MCA Records, http://www.margaritaville.com

“Last Night”, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Everything You Want For Christmas, Big Bad Records, http://www.bbvd.com

“Santa, Let Me Call You A Cab”, Alex McMurray, A Very Threadhead Holiday (various artists), Threadhead Records, http://www.alexmcmurray.com http://www.threadheadrecords.com

“Santa’s Drunk”, Fathead, Santa’s Got Mojo vol. 2 (various artists), Electro Fi Records, http://www.electrofi.com

“Santa Got High For Christmas”, Glen David Andrews, A Very Threadhead Holiday (various artists), Threadhead Records, http://www.glendavidandrewsband.com http://www.threadheadrecords.com

“Christmas Blues”, Maria Muldaur, Christmas At The Oasis, Global Recording Artists, http://www.mariamuldaur.com http://www.gragroup.com

“Oh, St. Nick”, Christmas Jug Band, On The Holiday Highway, Globe Records, http://www.christmasjugband.com http://www.globerecords.com

“One Day Before Christmas”, Legendary Blues Band, Ichiban Blues At Christmas vol. 2 (various artists), Ichiban Records

“Five Minutes Till Christmas”, Micki Free, 2017 Blind Raccoon Holiday Sampler (various artists), http://www.themickifreeexperience.com

“You’re Not Gonna Get What You Want For Christmas”, Carolyn Wonderland and Guy Forsyth, Fireside Songs For The Soul, Bismeaux Records, http://www.carolynwonderland.com http://www.guyforsyth.com

“(I Want A) Rock And Roll Guitar”, Johnny Preston, The Best Of Cool Yule (various artists), Rhino Records, http://www.rhino.com

“Santa, I Want A Stratocaster”, The Excellos, Ichiban Blues At Christmas vol. 4 (various artists), Ichiban Records

“What Do You Really Want For Christmas?”, The Rockin’ Highliners, Stony Plain’s Christmas Blues (various artists), Stony Plain Records, http://www.rockinhighliners.com http://www.stonyplainrecords.com

“Got To Get You Under My Tree”, Sonny Landreth, Christmas Gumbo (various artists), Flambeau Records, http://www.sonnylandreth.com

“Give Me What I Want For Christmas”, Dr. Duke Tumatoe, It’s Christmas (Let’s Have Sex), Tumatoe Tuff Tunes, http://www.duketumatoe.com

“Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’”, Little Elmo And The Mambo Kings, Happy Holidays, self release, http://www.mambokings.com

“Santa’s Gonna Shut ‘Em Down”, Untamed Youth, Christmas Party With Eddie G. (various aritsts), Sony/Legacy

“Santa Drives A Hot Rod”, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Dig That Crazy Christmas, Surfdog Records, http://www.briansetzer.com http://www.surfdog.com

“Pimp My Sleigh”, Houseman (from Galactic), Christmas Gumbo (various artists), Flambeau Records

“Christmas Train”, Carey Bell, Genuine Houserockin’ Christmas (various aritsts), Alligator Records, http://www.alligator.com

Bonus Track: “Hobo Christmas Train”, Matt Andersen, Spirit Of Christmas, True North Records, http://www.stubbyfingers.ca http://www.truenorthrecords.com

Art 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.