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Blue Light Boogie: Mardi Gras

michael.mu

Playlist #1844 Feb.9, 2018

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

“Big Chief”, Professor Longhair, Houseparty New Orleans Style, Rounder Records, http://www.rounder.com

“Mardi Gras In New Orleans” Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Live: Mardi Gras In Montreaux, Rounder Records, http://www.dirtydozenbrass.com http://www.rounder.com

“Tipitina’s”, Cyril Neville, New Orleans Cookin’, Tipitina’s Endangered Species Records

“I Wish I Was In New Orleans”, Tom Waits, Small Change, Asylum Records, http://www.tomwaits.com

“I Wish I Was In New Orleans”, Ben Prestage, One Crow Murder, Ben Prestage Music, http://www.benprestagemusic.com

“Drop Me Off In New Orleans”, Kermit Ruffins, 1533 Phillip Street, Basin Street Records, http://www.basinstreetrecords.com

“Take Me To Rampart Street”, Spencer Bohren, Blackwater Music, Threadhead Records, http://www.spencerbohren.com http://www.threadheadrecords.com

“Bourbon Street Parade”, Magnificent Seventh’s, Best Of Louisiana Music Sampler (various artists), Mardi Gras Records, http://www.mardigrasrecords.com

“Basin Street Blues”, Dr. John, Goin’ Back To New Orleans, Warner Brothers Records, http://www.nitetripper.com http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com

“Throw Me Something, Mister”, Buckwheat Zydeco, Lay Your Burden Down, Alligator Records, http://www.buckwheatzydeco.com http://www.alligator.com

“Show Me Somethin’ Sista”, John ‘Juke’ Logan, The Truth Will Rock You, Mocombo Records, http://www.johnjukeoogan.com

“It’s A Mardi Gras Day”, Gumbo Cajun Band, Cajun And Zydeco Mardi Gras (various artists), Maison De Soul Records

“Mardi Gras In The City”, Earl King, Glazed, Black Top Records

“Hoon Na Day/ Monk’s Dream/ Dive In Dat Gumbo”, Monk Boudreaux And The Golden Eagles, The Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday Showdown (various artists), Rounder Records, http://www.bigchiefmonk.com http://www.rounder.com

“Do Watcha Wanna”, Rebirth Brass Band, New Orleans Party Classics (various artists), Rhino Records, http://www.rebirthbrassband.com http://www.rhino.com

“Let’s Go Get “Em”, Bo Dollis And The Rebirth Brass Band, The Mardi Gras Indians Super Showdown Sunday (various artists), Rounder Records, http://www.wildmagnolias.net http://www.rebirthbrassband.com http://www.rounder.com

“Kidd Jordan’s Second Line”, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The New Orleans Album, Columbia Records, http://www.dirtydozenbrass.com http://www.columbiarecords.com

“Battlefront”, Bo Dollis And The Wild Magnolias, The Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday Showdown (various artists), Rounder Records, http://www.wildmagnolias.net http://www.rounder.com

“Mardi Gras Day”, Dr. John, The Ultimate Dr. John, Warner Brothers Records, http://www.nitetripper.com http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com

“Purple Gold Green”, Walter Jr., Louisiana Soul, Gator Tone Records, http://www.walterjr.com

“Jambalaya”, Warren Storm, Cajun And Zydeco Mardi Gras (various artists), Maison De Soul Records, http://www.warrenstorm.com

“Zydeco Mardi Gras”, C. J. Chenier And The Red Hot Louisiana Band, Step It Up!, Alligator Records, http://www.officialcjchenier.com

“Party ‘Till The Money Runs Out”, New Orleans Radiators, Total Evaporation, Epic Records, http://www.theradiators.org http://www.epicrecords.com

“That’s What I Saw At The Mardi Gras”, Tom McDermott, New Orleans Duets, Rabadash Records, http://www.rabadash.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.