<P> During 1977 Travers added a second guitarist to his band , changed drummers twice including using Clive Edwards , and by the time Heat in the Street was released in 1978 had put together the Pat Travers Band . This grouping featured Travers on vocals and guitar , Pat Thrall on guitar , Cowling on bass , and Tommy Aldridge on drums and percussion . The band toured heavily , also supporting Rush on their Drive til You Die tour in support of A Farewell to Kings . The guitar Travers most often appeared with on stage and on album covers in the band 's early years was a 1964 / 65 model double cutaway , double ( humbucker ) pickup Gibson Melody Maker . The band 's next release was a live album entitled Live ! Go for What You Know , which charted in the Top 40 in the United States and included the tune `` Boom Boom ( Out Go The Lights ) '' ( originally recorded by Little Walter , credited to Stan Lewis ) , which climbed even higher on the charts , entering the Top 20 . `` Snortin ' Whiskey '' was a major American radio hit from 1980 's Crash and Burn and Travers began the 1980s as a hot item in the hard rock music scene . </P>
<P> During 1977 Travers added a second guitarist to his band , changed drummers twice including using Clive Edwards , and by the time Heat in the Street was released in 1978 had put together the Pat Travers Band . This grouping featured Travers on vocals and guitar , Pat Thrall on guitar , Cowling on bass , and Tommy Aldridge on drums and percussion . The band toured heavily , also supporting Rush on their Drive til You Die tour in support of A Farewell to Kings . The guitar Travers most often appeared with on stage and on album covers in the band 's early years was a 1964 / 65 model double cutaway , double ( humbucker ) pickup Gibson Melody Maker . The band 's next release was a live album entitled Live ! Go for What You Know , which charted in the Top 40 in the United States and included the tune `` Boom Boom ( Out Go The Lights ) '' ( originally recorded by Little Walter , credited to Stan Lewis ) , which climbed even higher on the charts , entering the Top 20 . `` Snortin ' Whiskey '' was a major American radio hit from 1980 's Crash and Burn and Travers began the 1980s as a hot item in the hard rock music scene . </P>
who sings boom boom out goes the lights
who sings boom boom out goes the lights
Pat Travers Little Walter
Pat Travers Little Walter