Catfish Hodge

Bobby Allen Hodge (born May 31, 1945), better known as Catfish Hodge, is an American blues musician. Hodge was born in Kentucky and grew up in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Catfish Hodge formed the Catfish Band, in which he sang and played guitar. The band performed in the 1960s Detroit Rock scene, opening up for Bob Seger, Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent, and played the Fillmore East. He played with the 1980s band Bluesbusters, which released two albums. During this period he also made frequent trips to the New Orleans area. Combining the sounds from Detroit and New Orleans, Hodge put out the album Soap's Opera, which featured Bonnie Raitt and Dr. John. In 1980, Hodge was signed to Adelphi Records. That year he formed a band called Chicken Legs, which toured 17 cities. In 1983, he and his brother Dallas Hodge formed a band called the Hodge Brothers Band, and performed music from the Chicken Legs album. In 1996, Hodge recorded a children's album, Adventures at Catfish Pond. He was married to animator Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, and they had two sons, Curtis and Max. He now resides in Illinois with his current wife, Linda Fisher Hodge. 1970: Get Down 1970: Live Catfish 1971: Empathy 1972: Boogie Man Gonna Get Ya 1974: Dinosaurs and Alleycats 1975: Soap Opera's 1976: An Evening with Catfish Hodge 1979: Eye Witness Blues / Bout With the Blues 1979: Live at the Bayou 1981: Catfish Hodge & Chicken Legs (Freebo) 1981: Bout with the Blues 1981: This Time (Bluesbusters) 1986: Accept No Substitute (Bluesbusters) 1994: Catfish Blues 1995: Like A Big Dog Barking 1996: Adventures at Catfish Pond 1997: Bare Necessities 2001: Let's Eat 2002: Twenty Years 2006: Communication 2014: Different Strokes Saxophone Journal. Dorn Publications. 2002. p. 14. "Musician's 'Adventures' Inspired by Fatherhood". Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1996|JAMES E. FOWLER William York (April 1982). Who's who in rock music. Scribner. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-684-17342-9. Detroit Blues: Official Quarterly of the Detroit Blues Society. Detroit Blues Society. 1995. p. 24. Steve Miller (2013). Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock 'n' Roll in America's Loudest City. Da Capo Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-306-82184-4. "The Bluesbusters"'. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 26, 1986. p. 21. ISSN 0006-2510. DB: The Sound Engineering Magazine. Sagamore Publishing Company. 1989. Alan Reder; John Baxter (October 6, 1999). Listen to This: Leading Musicians Recommend Their Favorite Artists and Recordings. Hyperion. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-7868-8260-1. "Rosemary Butler – The Girl Who Fell in Love with the World" Archived January 18, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Rockceller Magazine, Hollye Dexter High Fidelity. ABC Leisure Magazines. 1980. p. 100. "Catfish Hodge And Chicken Legs: Really Cooking". The Washington Post, Richard Harrington November 16, 1980 "Dallas Hodge – Reelin’". Blues Blast Magazine, July 23, 2008. Serena, Paris and Boo-Boo (September 14–20, 1984). "L.A. Dee Da on the Streets". LA Weekly. p. 53. Retrieved March 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. "Billboard Recommended Articles". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. May 11, 1974. p. 78. ISSN 0006-2510. "Top Album Picks: EPs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. February 6, 1982. p. 71. ISSN 0006-2510. "Detroit veteran mixes it up with help from Funkadelic". Record Collector, Max Bell, Issue 430. "Bob "Catfish" Hodge | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 11, 2019. "Bob "Catfish" Hodge Band | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 11, 2019. Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Colin Larkin, Bish Bash Books, 5th Edition, September 14, 2007, ISBN 978-1846098567