Hogg,Smokey Serve It To The Right: Combo & Modern Recordings CD

2002 compilation for the prolific & idiosyncratic bluesman featuring 25 remastered tracks culled from his Blue Bonnet, Modern & Combo Records Recordings. The set ranges from the small band jump of 'River Hip Mama' via the stripped-down solo performances of 'Two Mama Blues' & the title track to the lively, hillbilly influenced 'Whoa Mule' & 'Possum Hunt'. Sidemen include hit maker Hadda Brooks on piano, legendary L.A. arranger Maxwell Davis on tenor sax & Al 'Cake' Wichard on drums. More than half have these selections are either alternate takes or previously unissued. Ace Records.

1. River Hip Mama (Previously Unissued) (2002) 2. Good Morning Little Baby Aka Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 3. I Believe to My Soul Aka I Bleed Through My Soul (Slow Versi 4. Worried Blues (Previously Unissued) (2002) 5. Come on Home 6. You're Gonna Look Like a Monkey (When You Get Old) (1950) 7. Can't Go on This Way (Previously Unissued) (2002) 8. Patrol Wagon Blues 9. My Woman Aka Lucy Mae Blues 10. Hello Little Girl 11. Louise 12. Can't Do Nothin Aka Believe Ill Change Towns 13. Serve It to the Right (Aka) Serve It to Me Right (Prev Uniss 14. Talk It Over (Previously Unissued) (2002) 15. Do You Remember (Previously Unissued) (2002) 16. Whoa Mule 17. Sleepless Blues 18. Two Mama Blues (Previously Unissued) (2002) 19. What More Can a Woman Do (Previously Unissued) (2002) 20. Classification Blues 21. Possum Hunt 22. Be My So and So Aka Please Be My So and So 23. Going Ack to Chicago 24. I Feel Good Aka I Feel So Good 25. I Believe to My Soul Aka I Bleed Through My Soul (Fast Versi