HAWAIIAN BOOGIE

Created on 19/01/2006
Latest update on 19/12/2023

Artist: Elmore James & His Broomdusters
Author: Elmore James
Label: Flair
Year: 1953

His ode to the real slide style pioneers (he owed so much). Not just Hawaiian inspired: Buddy Johnson's Boogie Woogie Mother-In-Law was another source.

Covers:

1954:

Tiny Grimes

1968:

Fleetwood Mac [as Evenin' Boogie]

1971:

Homesick James [as Homesick Sunnyland Special]

1974:

Hound Dog Taylor

1977:

Nighthawks [as James' Hawaiian Punch]

1978:

George Thorogood [as New Hawaiian Boogie]

1985:

Roy Buchanan [as Hawaiian Punch]

1997:

Dave Hole

2017:

Chuck E. Weiss

2021:

GA-20 [on their Hound Dog Taylor tribute]

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