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Hoochie Koo’s goal is to motivate and stimulate - to play great music that gets crowds dancing and having a fun time.  Hoochie Koo’s song list is diverse and dynamic, focused on upbeat rock and pop hits, as well as a lot of songs people love but don't hear played that often.  The band delivers very strong vocal and musical performances, and has an obvious passion for playing live.  They take pride in their presentation, and they get behind every song they play, putting all their energy into each live show.

Hoochie Koo members’ previous bands include: Mt. Olive, The Crisis, Surf Boys/Class of ‘62, The Pulltops, Udi Subudi, Backbeat X, Mind Games, Freckles & the Hostages, Five Alarm Fire, Barry’s Truckers, Vaud Villian and many others. The band has countless shows and many decades of experience under their belts, having played festivals, picnics, clubs and other venues across the Midwest and beyond.   Hoochie Koo currently enjoys playing all across the great Badger State - look for them at an event near you soon

Hoochie Koo is:
Tom Crowell - Guitar, keys, vocals
Scott Briese - Bass, vocals
John Lennartz - Vocals, harmonica
Scooter Luv - Drums, vocals 

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2/22/12 -  New show booked - Sat., May 19 at Finn McGuire's Irish Pub in Hales Corners, WI.

2/11/12 - New show added - Friday, March 9 at Mo's Irish Pub (Tosa) in Wauwatosa, WI.

2/10/12 (Emailing) -  We hope everyone is having a great year so far.  This Winter weather has been odd, but Spring is right around the corner.  In the meantime, Hoochie Koo is hard at work warming up many venues across Southeast WI.  We're playing a lot of new places this year and we have a busy schedule, and that's a good thing.  It's great to see so many new faces at our shows and make so many new friends, and we appreciate all of you who come out to see us! 

Scooter Luv, our new permanent man on the drums, has settled in nicely as the perfect fit for HK.  He's a great drummer and singer, and we all share the desire to play a broad range of great music, and continuously learn new songs to add to the mix.  Most importantly, we're having a lot of fun playing together, and that's what it's all about. 

  Please visit our Facebook page - "Friend" us and "Like" our band profile, and let us know what songs or artists you'd like to hear - we're always interested in knowing what music you'd like to hear us play.  Check out the February schedule, we're playing some very fun clubs.  We hope to see you SOON!

2/7/12 -  New shows booked - Sat., February 25 at Paulie's Pub in West Allis; and Wed., July 25 at Quaker Steak & Lube in New Berlin for Bike Night! 

2/6/12 -  New show booked - Sat., February 18 at Pistol Pete's in Brookfield.

2/5/12 -  Thanks to everyone at The Rox in Waukesha, we had a fun show Saturday, and it was great to make some new friends and fans!  We're looking forward to rocking Mo's Downtown this weekend!

1/30/12 -  Show booked - Sat., February 4 at The Rox Bar & Grill in Pewaukee.  The Rox is a very nice new club in Pewaukee/Waukesha, fun place.  Come help make our first show there a great one!

1/13/12 -  Happy New Year!!  Hoochie Koo kicks off the 2012 schedule this weekend at Knucklehead Pub in Eagle.  Great food, fun place - come watch the Broncos vs. Patriots game, and then rock out with the band.  New songs, we're looking forward to playing! 

12/29/11 - Hoochie Koo wants to thank everyone who helped make 2011 such a great year for us - thank you for the continued support of all our great fans and friends - without you there is no show!  We are excited about the upcoming year, 2012 is going to be awesome!  Stay tuned, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

12/12/11 -  Hoochie Koo's second annual ~Week Before Christmas Show~ at Bagg End is this Saturday, December 17 in West Bend.  It's our last show of the year, we're taking a little time off to spend with our families and have some R&R.  Come on out and toast the holidays with us, it's been a great year - thank you to everyone for your continued support this year, you keep making the shows better and better, and we sincerely appreciate it!

12/5/11 - Come on out this weekend for a fun show, Saturday, December 10 at Knucklehead Pub in Eagle - it's Knucklehead's ~Ugly, Wild, Crazy, Christmas Party~ - come dressed in your best, funniest, ugliest, craziest, or sexiest Christmas outfit - with Costume Prizes, Holiday Drink Specials, and more - NO COVER - 9pm!

12/4/11 - Grafton came out with style on Dec. 2 at The Bridge Inn - thanks for coming everyone, Scooter's first Hoochie Koo show was a blast!  We'll look forward to our next show at The Bridge!

11/30/11 - New Show Booked: Saturday, July 21 - Hoochie Koo Concert Cruise 2012, on Milwaukee Boat Line.

11/29/11 - Scooter's FIRST SHOW with The Koo is this Friday at The Bridge Inn in Grafton.  We can't wait, it's gonna rock.  FUN TIMES!  Hope to see a great crowd!

11/23/11 - New Show Booked: February 10, 2012 at Mo's Irish Pub (Downtown).

11/21/11 - HOOCHIE KOO ANNOUNCES NEW DRUMMER
After an exhaustive 2011 search for a permanent full-time drummer, Hoochie Koo is proud to announce the addition of Scooter Luv to the band.

Scooter started playing the drums when he was 10 years old.  He also plays trombone and a little piano (the piano is normal size, he just doesn't play it much).  Scooter studied Music Performance at UW Parkside in the 1980s, was a member of the Jazz Ensemble there, and one of his concert highlights was performing a drum duet with Ed Shaughnessy, who at the time was the drummer in Doc Severinsen’s Tonight Show Band. 

For the past nine years, Scooter has played with the popular Mt. Olive.  Over his 20+ year career as a musician, Scooter has performed with many other popular bands in SE WI, including Strike 3, Oop Bop Sha' Bam, Classic Avenue, Surf Boys/Class of ’62, Backbeat X, Freckles & The Hostages, Really Big, Barry’s Truckers, and more.  While performing with these bands, Scooter has entertained audiences at almost every church festival and firemen's picnic in the area, and he has performed at one time or another on every stage on the Summerfest grounds.

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