He was a Detroiter on a time. I remember radio ads for sets at Baker's Keyboard Lounge. As I understood it, he played boogie, which was distinct from blues, or jazz, or r&b. Perhaps this is the place for Bill's disquisition on the subject?
- alex 6-22-2001 5:46 pm


ElyseSlab's : boogie favorites

Booker T and the MG's - Red Beans and Rice
Blackfoot - Train Train
Man - Spunkbox
Pink Faeries - Right On Fight On
Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You
Argent - Be My Lover, Be My Friend
Wet Willie - Dirty Lies
Allman Brothers - Dirty Lies
Jethro Tull - Song For Jeffery
Alice Cooper - Under My Weels
Led Zeplin - How Many More Times ?
Sir Lord Baltimore - Master Heartache
Silverhead - Long Legged Lisa
Ten Years After - Hear Me Callin'
Savoy Brown - Same Old Feeling
Iggy and the Stooges - Shake Appeal
Paris - Black Book
Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean ?
Van Halen - Mean street
Big Brother - Combination of Two
Jefferson Airplane – Eat Starch
Funkadelic – Mommy, What is a Funkadelic ?
Captain Beyond – Mesmerization Eclipse
Traffic – Pearly Queen
Bloodrock – Crazy ‘bout you Lady
Pat Travers – Killer Instinct
Granicus – Bad Talk
Kool and the Gang – Spirit of the Boogie
Aerosmith – Movin’ Out
Animals – I’m Crying
Black Sabith – Hole in the Sky
Blue Cheer – Doctor Please
Creedence C.R. – Born on the Bayou
Leon Russle – Out in the Woods
Sly and the Family Stone 0 Sex Machine
Neil Young – Vampire Blues
Free – Trouble or Doubletime
Humble Pie – The Fixer
Blue Oyster Cult – City’s on Flame
Taste – Same Old Story
Long John Baldry – Lets Burn Down the Cornfield
Jeff Beck Group – Goin’ Down
Derringer – Here Beyond the Universe
Dust – Loose Goose
Ted Nugent – Stranglehold
Uriah Heep – Real Turned On
Starz – I Pull the Plug
AC /DC – Nightprowler
Rose Tatoo – Butcher and Fast E
ddie Johnny Winter – All Torn Down
Joe Cocker – High Time We Went
Cactus – Big Mamma Boogie
Budgie – Blotted
Wishbone Ash – Queen of Torture
Thin Lizzy – Johnny the Fox and Jimmie the Weed
Deep Purple – Sail Away
Lynyrd Skynard – Poison Whiskey
Ground Hogs – Cherry Red
Little Richard – Sanctified, Sanctified. Toe-Tapping Boogie
Brownsville Station – Martian Boogie
Ike and Tina Turner – Popcorn
Mountain – Sea of Heartache
Yardbirds – Aint Got You
Fleetwood Mac – Station Man
Motorhead – Sweet Revenge
Black Oak Arkansas – Fever in My Mind
Grand Funk Railroad – Foot Stompin’ Music
Foghat – Slowride
David Bowie – Gene Genie
Roxy Music – Virginia Plain
T.Rex – The Slider
Canned Heat – On the Road aga
in ZZ Top – Brown Sugar
Jo JO Gunne – Run Run Run
James Gang – Woman
Steppinwolf - Ballcrusher

Boogie spoken here.


- bill 6-23-2001 5:17 am [add a comment]


  • That's certainly a connoisseur's list (although it's in the wrong thread), but I'm still not sure I know what Boogie is. Hooker apparently considered himself a Bluesman, and I guess Boogie is a subspecies of Blues, defined by it's propulsive and danceable beat. Perhaps the rhythm is related to the left hand of Boogie-woogie piano style, transformed by transference to guitar? The Rock boogiers, of course, are not playing Blues any more than Cream did. Notice how Elyse concentrates on lesser-known numbers by the famous artists. But is her bias showing in her failure to cite New Speedway Boogie?
    - alex 6-28-2001 8:23 pm [add a comment]


    • Yes, certainly a bias for the unsung (undersung) boogie masters. There were plenty of DH'rs proping the GD at the time and just a few of us Thin Lizzy freaks at the original time of publication.
      - bill 6-28-2001 8:42 pm [add a comment]


      • gail collins as new times editor
        - dave 6-28-2001 8:48 pm [add a comment]


        • Does she boogie like her sister Mo?
          - alex 6-28-2001 9:07 pm [add a comment]






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