Where did the phrase Hoy Hoy come from?
We’ve come up with a few answers to this one – some are more obvious than others, some less so: • Hoy Hoy is the title of the ninth Little Feat album, released in 1981. • On the cover of Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (the fourth Little Feat album, released in 1974), look at the license plate on the car with George and Marilyn. • This is a phrase Alexander Graham Bell suggested people use when answering the telephone. • This is a phrase from a Howlin’ Wolf song, entitled “Three Hundred Pounds of Joy”. In it, he sings: “Follow me, baby, have a real good time This is it This is it Look what you get Hoy! Hoy! I’m the boy Three hundred pounds of heavenly joy” • Hoy Hoy is Spanish for “Today!
