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Blue Light Boogie: Detectives, Tough, Little, Phones, Monkeys

Playlist #1424 Saturday Oct. 5, 2019

“Blue Light Boogie”, Cozy Eggleston, Honkers And Barwalkers vol. 1 (various artists), Delmark Records

“Dragnet Blues”, Frankie Ervin with Johnny Moore’s 3 Blazers, Blues Around Midnight (various artists), Flair Records

“Theme From Mr. Lucky”, Henry Mancini, Music Of Henry Mancini, Columbia Records

“Harlem Nocturne”, Johnny Reno And The Sax Maniacs, Born To Blow, Black Top Records

“Perry Mason Theme”, Blues Brothers Band, Blues Brothers 2000 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Universal Records

“Peter Gunn Theme”, Blues Brothers Band, The Blues Brothers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Atlantic Records

“Tough Lover”, Nick Curran And The Lowlifes, Reform School Girl, Blind Pig Records

“She’s Tough”, Kingsnakes, 19 Lucky Strikes, Blue Wave Records

“Tuff Enuff”, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Live, CMC International Records

“Little Boy Blue”, Roy Milton And His Solid Senders, Vo. 2 Groovy Blues, Specialty Records

“Little Boy Blue”, Tom Waits, One From The Heart Original Soundtrack, Columbia Records

“Little Girl Blue”, Janis Joplin, Janis (box set), Columbia/ Legacy Records

“I Want A Little Girl”, T-Bone Walker, The Natural Blues, Charly Records

“I Just Want A Little Bit”, Magic Sam Blues Band, Black Magic, Delmark Records

“Hey Little Girl”, Perry And The Pumpers, Movin’ At Midnight, Sweetgrass Music

“Get A Little”, G. E. Smith And The Saturday Night Live Band, Get A Little, Liberty Records

“Little By Little”, Shawn Holt And The Teardrops, Daddy Told Me, Blind Pig Records

“Little Bit O’ Soul”, The Music Explosion, The Son Of Frat Rock (various artists), Rhino Records

“842-3089 (Call My Name)”, Etta James, The Chess Box, MCA/Chess Records

“634-5789”, Blues Brothers Band, Blues Brothers 2000 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Universal Records

“Buzz Me”, Li’l Ronnie And The Grand Dukes, ‘Gotta Strange Feelin’, Eller Soul Records

“You Don’t Love Me Baby”, Junior Wells, Hoodoo Man Blues, Delmark Records

“I Can Tell”, Carolyn Wonderland, Peace Meal. Bismeaux Records

“I Know”, Nikki Hill, Here’s Nikki Hill, Deep Fryed Records

“Rich Man Can’t Get The Blues”, Marshall Lawrence, House Call, self release

“Can’t Play The Blues (In An Air Conditioned Room)”, Blues Brothers Band, Red, White And Blues, Turnstyle Records

“Just Can’t Seem To Get The Blues’, Reverend Billy C. Wirtz, A Turn For The Wirtz, Hightone Records

“The Monkey And The Engineer”, Jesse Fuller, The Lone Cat, Original Blues Classics

“Don’t Mess With The Monkey”, Frank Bey And Anthony Paule, Soul For Your Blues, Blue Dot Records

“Have You Seen My Monkey”, Andy T-Nick Nixon Band, Drink Drank Drunk, Delta Groove Music

“Caveman Rock”, Kid Andersen, Guitarmageddon, Blue Mood Records

“The First Man (Who Ever Had The Blues)”, Hoopsnakes, Jump In And Hang On, Hoopsnakes Productions

“Poor Tarzan”, Little Charlie And The Nightcats, All The Way Crazy, Alligator Records

“Monkey Land”, Omar And The Howlers, Monkey Land, Antone’s Records

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.