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Blue Light Boogie: Song Studies

Playlist #006 Friday Nov. 1, 2019

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

“See That My Grave Is Kept Clean”, Blind Lemon Jefferson, King Of The Country Blues, Yazoo Records

“A Dying Man’s Plea”, Mavis Staples, Have A Little Faith, Alligator Records

“One Kind Favor”, Spencer Bohren, Carry The Word, Zephyr Records

“See That My Grave Is Kept Clean”, B. B. King, One Kind Favor, Geffen Records

“Stack O’ Lee Blues”, Mississippi John Hurt, 1929 Sessions, Yazoo Records

“Stagger Lee”, Lloyd Price, Foot Stompin’ Oldies (various artists), Garland Records

“Mrs. DeLion’s Lament”, David Bromberg, Reckless Abandon, Fantasy Records

“Stagger Lee”, Chris Whitley and Jeff Lang, Dislocation Blues, Rounder Records

“Stagger Lee”, Taj Mahal, Hanapepe Dream, Artemis Records

“When The Levee Breaks”, Memphis Minnie And Kansas City Joe, Roots Of Rock (various artists), Yazoo Records

“When The Levee Breaks”, Led Zeppilin, IV, Atlantic Records

“When The Levee Breaks”, Buckwheat Zydeco, Lay Your Burden Down, Alligator Records

“Turn On Your Lovelight”, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, The Best Of Bobby Bland, MCA Special Products

“Turn On Your Lovelight”, Chubby Carrier, Dance All Night, Blind Pig Records

“Turn On Your Lovelight”, Grateful Dead, Two From The Vault, Grateful Dead Records

“I Just Want To Make Love To You”, Muddy Waters, The Chess Box, MCA/Chess Records

“I Just Want To Make Love To You”, Cold Blood, Fillmore: The Last Days (various artists), Epic Records

“I Just Wanna Make Love To You”, AZ Kenny Tsak and 56 Deluxe, Like I Do, 56 Deluxe Productions

“A Spoonful Blues”, Charley Patton, Founder Of The Delta Blues, Yazoo Records

“Spoonful”, Willie Dixon, I Am The Blues, Columbia Records

“Spoonful”, Cream, Strange Brew, Polydor International

“Spoonful”, Alex Dixon Band, Rising From The Bushes, Dixon Landing Music

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.