Earl Hooker
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Biography
[Edit]If there was a more immaculate slide guitarist residing in Chicago during the 1950s and '60s than Earl Hooker, his name has yet to surface. Boasting a fretboard touch so smooth and clean that every note rang as clear and precise as a bell, Hooker was an endlessly inventive axeman who would likely have been a star had his modest vocal abilities matched his instrumental prowess and had he not been dogged by tuberculosis (it killed him at age 41).
Born in the Mississippi Delta, Hooker arrived in Chicago as a child. There he was influenced by another slide wizard, veteran Robert Nighthawk. But Hooker never remained still for long. He ran away from home at age 13, journeying to Mississippi. After another stint in Chicago, he rambled back to the Delta again, playing with Ike Turner and Sonny Boy Williamson. Hooker made his first recordings in 1952 and 1953 for Rockin', King, and Sun. At the latter, he recorded some terrific sides with pianist Pinetop Perkins (Sam Phillips inexplicably sat on Hooker's blazing rendition of "The Hucklebuck").
Back in Chicago again, Hooker's dazzling dexterity was intermittently showcased on singles for Argo, C.J., and Bea & Baby during the mid- to late '50s before he joined forces with producer Mel London (owner of the Chief and Age logos) in 1959. For the next four years, he recorded both as sideman and leader for the producer, backing Junior Wells, Lillian Offitt, Ricky Allen, and A.C. Reed and cutting his own sizzling instrumentals ("Blue Guitar," "Blues in D-Natural"). He also contributed pungent slide work to Muddy Waters' Chess waxing "You Shook Me." Opportunities to record grew sparse after Age folded; Hooker made some tantalizing sides for Sauk City, WI's Cuca Records from 1964 to 1968 (several featuring steel guitar virtuoso Freddie Roulette).
Hooker's amazing prowess (he even managed to make the dreaded wah-wah pedal a viable blues tool) finally drew increased attention during the late '60s. He cut LPs for Arhoolie, ABC-BluesWay, and Blue Thumb that didn't equal what he'd done at Age, but they did serve to introduce Hooker to an audience outside Chicago and wherever his frequent travels deposited him. But tuberculosis halted his wandering ways permanently in 1970.
Title: The Essential
Artist: Earl Hooker
Genre: Blues, Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Earl Hooker & Junior Wells (The Blues Collection Vol. 33)
Artist: Earl Hooker, Junior Wells
Genre: Blues
Title: The Blues Collection: Earl Hooker & Junior Wells
Artist: Earl Hooker, Junior Wells
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Harp Hero
Artist: Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Reed, Earl Hooker, Junior Wells, Walter Horton, Frank Frost, Louis Myers, Jerry McCain, Little Willie Foster, George Butler
Genre: Blues
Collections
Title: Guitar Legends
Genre: Rock
Title: Blues Guitar Heroes
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Flip Flop and Bop, Vol. 9
Genre: Instrumental
Title: 706 Union Instrumentals
Genre: Rock
Title: 706 Union Instrumentals
Genre: Rock
Title: Blues Hall of Fame, Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Shakin' All Over: Jukebox Dance Party
Genre: Blues
Title: Downtempo Blues Instrumentals
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Guitar Heroes 20 Classic Blues Songs
Genre: Blues
Title: Slide Guitar Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Absolutely the Best Chicago Blues Album In the World!
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues 'n Boogie
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Chicago Blues - 50 Classic Tracks
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: American Blues, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues in D Natural
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Christmas Blues - Songs to Get You Through the Cold
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Roots
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1953, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 100 Christmas Blues - Songs to Get You Through the Cold
Genre: Blues
Title: Simply Rock'n'Roll Vol. Four
Genre: Rock
Title: The Great American Blues: Memphis, Tennessee
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Instrumentals
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Record's Epic Blues Cuts
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records - Blues Archive
Genre: Blues
Title: The Blues - Master Muddy's Sidemen
Genre: Blues
Title: Chicago Blues Legends
Genre: Jazz
Title: Kings of Electric Blues Guitar
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Guitar
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues 50 Platinum Masters
Genre: Blues
Title: The Incredible Electric Blues Guitar Album
Genre: Blues
Title: American Folk Blues Festival '69
Genre: Blues
Title: Learning Blues Guitar
Genre: Blues
Title: Southern Blues Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for the Road, Vol. 3
Title: The Darkest Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Murder In the First Degree
Genre: Blues
Title: Chicago Blues The 50s
Genre: Blues
Title: Going Home Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Memphis Blues - 100 Vintage Tracks
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Guitar Blasters, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records- Boogie BBQ
Genre: Blues
Title: The Age/Chief Blues Story
Genre: Blues
Title: The Greatest Memphis Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Guitar Legends
Title: Early Electric Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Beginnings: Early Raw Electric Blues Masters
Genre: Blues
Title: American Masters: 15 Urban Blues Classics, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Best of Delta Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Most Essential Slide Guitarists
Genre: Blues
Title: Slide Guitar Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Legendary Henry Stone Presents: Blues from the 50's
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Best of Electric Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records - Essential Blues Anthems
Genre: Blues
Title: Home is Where the Heart Is: Mississippi Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Hits!
Genre: Blues
Title: Big Boss Men - A Chicago Blues Collections
Genre: Blues
Title: Street-Walking Blues, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records - The Rhythm and The Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Otis Rush & the Heroes of Chicago Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Gold
Genre: Blues, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Rare Electric Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Best of Slide Guitar Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Record's 60th Anniversary - Vintage Picks
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records - Turn It Up! (Instrumentals)
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Cash Poor Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Lost Blues & Old Time Folk Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Blues Classics: Daisy
Genre: Blues
Featuring albums
Title: American Folk Blues Festival '69
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, World Music, Folk
Title: Chicago Blues Sessions the Rarities Collection 1950 to 1965
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records 65th Anniversary: Born from the Blues
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Calling All Blues - The Chief, Profile & USA Recordings 1957-1963
Artist: Junior Wells
Genre: Blues