Earl Hooker - The Electrifying Blues Guitar Of Earl Hooker - Ride Hooker Ride 1953-1962

JASMINE RECORDS

£10.49

Cat. no: JASMCD3219
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988321920
Release Date: 08 Apr 2022
Genre: Blues

Guitarist Earl Hooker, a cousin of John Lee Hooker, was an exceptional slide player known widely as "The guitarists' guitarist" and would undoubtedly have gone on to enjoy a major international career during the Blues/Rock era, had he been blessed with better health; but he suffered from tuberculosis and sadly died in 1970, at the age of only forty

He recorded few vocals as he was hindered by a stutter, to compensate, he concentrated on developing his playing technique. This compilation concentrates on his earliest recordings for a variety of record labels between 1953-62, several of which were not commercially released until after his death.

This is the frst time that this body of work has been thus compiled, and many of these sides are difcult to fnd elsewhere on CD.

Tracks: Mercy Blues / I'll Move You Baby / It's Time (For Lovin' To Be Done) / That's All Right / Please Don't Think I'm Nosey / No Shoes (Take 1) / No Shoes (Take 2) / I Mistreated A Woman (Take 1) / I Mistreated A Woman (Take 2) / Time For My Lovin' To Be Done / I Must Have Done Somebody Wrong / I Need You Baby / Train Done Gone / You Know I Love You / Blood On Your Hands / Love You Til The Day I Die / So Pretty Baby / I Tried / I Am So Tired / Back Bone / Streets Is Filled With Women / Whistle Done Blown / High Priced Woman / I Got Eyes For You / Lookin' For A Woman / Jump Me (One More Time) / Wobbling Baby / I Came To See You Baby