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Arthur "Guitar" Kelly, Smokin' Bob Harbour, Sam Hogan

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Arthur Kelly was born on November 14, 1924 in Clinton, Louisiana. By the age of 14, Kelly was playing the guitar when he moved to Baker, Louisiana. There he performed at local parties from 1947 to 1950, and with Lightnin' Slim through the 1950's and 1960's. Kelly performed with Silas Hogan at clubs, bars, and dance halls in the Baton, Rouge area from 1966 into the 1970's. On guitars are Smokin' Bob Harbour & Sam Hogan during an interval @ the Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where the Bravo Network sent a crew in to do some filming on the Smokehouse Porter & the Gutbucket Blues Band. They captured this in a relaxed moment. Arthur "Guitar" Kelly comes into the scene. Kelly is a Louisiana Legend, he recorded for Arhoolie Records and Jay Miller's Blue Horizon label over in Crowley, Louisiana. He also made a trip to Washington, D.C. representing Louisiana blues for the National Council for the Traditional Arts. Sam is the son of Louisiana...