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Prairie Dance Music

by Erick Hovey and Friends

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MAMAS LITTLE BABY 3:21 By Erick Hovey Well mamas little baby, went to hear some blues You know mamas little baby, went to hear some blues And now her souls on fire, tell everybody the news Well since mamas little baby heard the blues Wont take off those dancing shoes CHORUS: Ya know mamas little baby, mamas little baby Yea she’s mamas little baby, mamas little baby Well she’s mammas little baby She’s all right with me Yea she’s my rockin, shufflin lover girl Yea she’s my rockin, shufflin lover girl Now she’s droppin in the pocket, all around the world Well her mamma and her papa, they don’t swing She don’t care cause the grooves the thing CHORUS: BIG FINISH: Yea mamas little baby, mamas little baby Well she’s mamas little baby, mamas little baby Mamas little baby, mamas little baby Mamas little baby, mamas little baby Well she’s mamas little baby She’s all right with me © 2001 Erick Hovey (BMI) 2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 (515) 545-4743 Web: erickhovey.com Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Food 03:27
FOOD 3:24 By Erick Hovey I need food for my body, food for my soul I need some food before I’m dead I need some candy for my head CHORUS: I need food (3 times) I got food in the morning, food at night I got food all around me I’ve been starving all my life and CHORUS: I need food for my body, food for my soul I need some food before I’m dead I need some candy for my head CHORUS: © 2001 Erick Hovey (BMI) 2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 (515) 545-4743 Web: erickhovey.com Email: info@erickhovey.com
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BLUES AND LOVE 2:58 By Erick Hovey Blues and love, gotta have that blues and love (2 times) Get your lovin here on earth and your, blues from up above Live your life, keep doin what you do (2 times) Don’t get a hole in your heart, or your soul broke in two I will be nobody, nobody else for you (2 times) I’m not in the game, just doin what I do © 2001 Erick Hovey (BMI) 2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 (515) 545-4743 Web: erickhovey.com Email: info@erickhovey.com
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TURN UP THE SKY 3:24 By Erick Hovey You cross the mountains, just to greet the rain You see promise, mixin in with pain You cross the seas, just to feel the sky Keep on searchin, till the day we die CHORUS: Louder, turn up the sky and make it louder (2 times) Keep on tryin, not to close the mind Keep on dreamin, that peace aint hard to find CHORUS: (4 times) © 2001 Erick Hovey (BMI) 2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 (515) 545-4743 Web: erickhovey.com Email: info@erickhovey.com
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SHES ALRIGHT 3:14 By Erick Hovey Well my baby, she’s all right, yea my baby, she’s all right Well she’s long and lean just a little bit mean but she’s all right Hey, she’s all mine Havin a fine time She’s mean but never blue She’s my friend and my lover too CHORUS: She’s all right, yea she’s all right Well she’s long and lean, just a little bit mean but she’s all right Have a fine time With that woman of mine She’s my major vise All because she’s so nice CHORUS: She’s mean but never blue She’s my friend and my lover too Ask for 2, she give me 3 She’s all right with me CHORUS: Well my baby, she’s all right, yea my baby, she’s all right Well she’s long and lean just a little bit mean but she’s all right © 2001 Erick Hovey (BMI) 2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 (515) 545-4743 Web: erickhovey.com Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Gonna Tell 02:22
GONNA TELL 2:20 By Erick Hovey Oh well I told you once I told you twice Just what it takes Tto turn my heart to ice Well everything you do Iit’s comin back to you CHORUS: Gonna tell your mama Gonna tell your papa Gonna tell your sister Gonna tell your brother Gonna tell everybody How you lied to me Oh maybe I saw romance Now I see rain You gave me lovin Now you give me pain Well everything you do It’s comin back to you CHORUS: © 2001 Erick Hovey (BMI) 2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 (515) 545-4743 Web: erickhovey.com Email: info@erickhovey.com
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DOWN THE RIVER OF LOVE 4:47 By Erick Hovey Out on the prairie where the tall grass grew Broke out the plow but nobody knew The wind came up, the rain came down Black gold movin all around Blowin, flowin CHORUS: Down the river of love (3times) The woman died left me all alone Laid her to rest in the shiftin ground The wind came up, the rain came down She rode the Mississippi to the cold dead zone Blowin, flowin CHORUS: It’s the middle of the day and its dark outside The cold winds, blowin dust in my eyes Cry for loss, of love and land The snows turn black and melt to sand Blowin, flowin CHORUS: (Repeat 8 times) © 2001 Erick Hovey (BMI) 2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 (515) 545-4743 Web: erickhovey.com Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Fool Like Me 03:24
A FOOL LIKE ME 3:21 By Erick Hovey Hey now sweet thing, don’t you cry Hey sweet thing, Il tell you why I’m a fool for ya baby, till the day I die Come on baby, walk with me The sky is fallin, well come and see Tonight it’s rainin stars on you and me CHORUS: A fool like me, likes a fool like you A fool like me, crazy bout a fool like you Don’t know why but I just can’t help myself Champagne highways, in the sky Chocolate moonbeams, and pulsar pie It’s rainin down on fools like you and I CHORUS: © 2001 Erick Hovey (BMI) 2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 (515) 545-4743 Web: erickhovey.com Email: info@erickhovey.com
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FATALISTIC BLUES 2:14 By Erick Hovey Doctor said now you slow down Your ways are gonna put you in the ground But I don’t care, do it if you love it Moderation and a whole lot of it CHORUS: Hey doctor, (doctor doctor), hey doctor,( doctor doctor) I’m gonna live for the moment, till I have to go Oh don’t eat this now don’t eat that Don’t drink so much now loose that fat CHORUS: I’m gonna filter my air through a cigerette Trade my water for a barrel of Jack Eat what I want sleep when I can Die an early death like a natural man CHORUS: Can ya drink the water, can ya breath the air I don’t know, and I don’t care CHORUS: I say hey doctor, doctor doctor, hey doctor, doctor doctor Hey doctor, doctor doctor, hey doctor, doctor doctor Gonna live for the moment, till I have to go Gonna live for the moment, till I have to go I’m gonna live for the moment, till I have to go © 2001 Erick Hovey (BMI) 2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 (515) 545-4743 Web: erickhovey.com Email: info@erickhovey.com
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DEVIL IN MY POCKET 2:46 By Erick Hovey I got a devil in my pocket, got an angel in there too (2 times) Ya know sometimes baby, just don’t know what to do I try to do right, I end up doin wrong (2 times) Leave home with an angel, that old devil tags along I wake up every morning, intendin to be good The devil comes to visit me, now I’m misunderstood I got a devil in my pocket, an angel in there too Sometimes baby, I just don’t know what to do I try to do right, doin wrong feels so good (2 times) Ya know I get real happy, when I aint doin what I should The devil tell me one thing, the angel tell me too They can’t agree on what it is I’m supposed to do I got a devil in my pocket, I got an angel in there That old devil get his way when I, see a sweet sweet thing like you © 2001 Erick Hovey (BMI) 2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 (515) 545-4743 Web: erickhovey.com Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Bondo Bondo 03:34
BONDO BONDO 3:31 By Erick Hovey Drivin around in my automobile Checkin history in the rear view mirror A ton of steel and power to spare Doin 60 in second gear Bondo, bondo putty and tar Makin up half of my rusty car Gimme the title and gimme the keys Put in the gas and I’ll pay the fees The shocks are gone and the tires bare I got no heat and I got no air CHORUS: Bondo bondo putty and tar Makin up half of my beautiful car I gotta tell ya just how I feel I just love my automobile My old car means a lot to me Behind the wheel when I turn that key I can see the road right through the floor Ya know the light stays off when you open the door CHORUS: © 2001 Erick Hovey (BMI) 2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 (515) 545-4743 Web: erickhovey.com Email: info@erickhovey.com
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Love Me Baby 02:45
LOVE ME BABY 2:44 By Erick Hovey Lets spend the night together With the moon and stars above Wont you love me baby, all through the night Everything’s gonna be alright CHORUS: Love me baby, love me the way you do Love me baby, love me through and through And when you love me all night Tomorrow comes too soon Let me love you baby With the moon and stars above Wont you love me baby, all night long Lovin you just cant be wrong CHORUS: © 2001 Erick Hovey (BMI) 2222 120th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 (515) 545-4743 Web: erickhovey.com Email: info@erickhovey.com

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It is hard to believe that a farmer coming from Middle West states, can have a so wide a knowledge of black music. He skillfully mixes and develops his own blues style, full of rock and roll, country, swing and pop influences. The final result is an interesting cd, well done, with some drops of sensuality but, over all, built up with sober skill and personality. If you have some money to spend, do hot hesitate and buy it.
La Hora Del Blues
Barcelona, Spain
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Erick Hovey is a native Midwesterner who has taken advantage of his central roots to draw from a variety of musical styles on his second release, Prairie Dance Music. Prairie Dance Music is an excellent follow-up to his critically acclaimed CD What You blue About?, offering blues fans a recording of excellent music and hookish lyrics. Juniors Motel Records - JMR 0028-2). With the assistance of twelve different musicians on bass, drums, keyboards, harmonica and backing vocals; Hovey sings and plays guitar on twelve original tunes. Hovey's lyrics are very original, addressing topics not normally found in blues songs. Things like cars filled with body putty to hold them together and food choices for a hungry man are among the more unique areas covered in some of Hovey's tunes. The songs cover a range of styles including roots rock and swing, along with Texas and Chicago-style blues. Juniors Motel Records - JMR 0028-2) "Blues and Love" opens the CD with some nice Texas style blues reminiscent of the style of Mike Morgan and Anson Funderburgh. One of my favorite songs on the CD is "Down the River of Love." The song includes an infectious recurring bass line by Dan Lodden and excellent harp by Mike Glass. On a CD where eleven of the twelve songs are less than four minutes long, "Down the River of Love" is comparably long at nearly five minutes. It is none-the-less an excellent tune. Another enjoyable song is "Devil in My Pocket," more of a straight ahead blues song describing the devil and angel-like aspects of women. Juniors Motel Records - JMR 0028-2). Erick Hovey is a hidden blues gem in the farmland of the Midwest. On his second CD, Prairie Dance Music, Hovey takes another step towards becoming a more familiar name in the blues community outside of the Midwest.
Review: By Dave "Doc" Piltz DELTA SNAKE DAILY BLUES
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"Great release!!
Intense feeling & groove. Kicking off the album with ' Blues and Love' (one of my all time favorite blues songs - period) connects you with a groove that Hovey has obviously been refining for some time."
Jeff Thornton
KZNM fm
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"A CD of cool rocking blues by a songwriter from the Midwest...Lovers of rhythmic blues, this one is for you."
Le Cri du Coyote
France

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released February 14, 2013

PRAIRIE DANCE MUSIC
All songs by Erick Hovey BMI © 2001
Recorded at Junior’s Motel, Otho, IA



Vocals - Erick Hovey
- Ky Haub, track 11

Guitars - Erick Hovey

Bass - Scott Cochran, tracks 1,4,6
- Kirk Kaufman, tracks 2,7,8
- Dan Lodden, tracks 3,5
- Larry Robertson, track 10
- Brad Heck, track 11
- Terry Allen, track 9

Drums - Jeff Foreman
- Ky Haub, tracks 4,9,12

Keys - Larry Robertson
- Doug Hines, tracks 1,3,9,11

Harmonica - Mike Glass

Backing Vocalists - Ky Haub, Doug Hines, Kirk Kaufman, Bill Matykowski, Larry Meyer, Al Stroufe

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Erick Hovey and Friends Fort Dodge, Iowa

Erick Hovey's music is peppered with seasonings of blues, roots rock, jazz, funk, old power trio rock, reggae, and newer folk fusion styles. His lyrical content has not only good humored nods towards classic blues and rock clichés’, but spans the afterlife, and existentialism as well. Sometimes it’s spooky, sometimes it’s raw, spiritual, and sensual. Think Mark Knopfler, JJ Cale, and Peter Green. ... more

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