University Press of Mississippi, Date: 2001. Soft cover. Very good/No jacket. Cover is rubbed and worn along edges. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked. 2001. University Press of Mississippi ISBN 1578063078 9781578063079 [US]

ISBN10: 1578063078, ISBN13: 9781578063079, [publisher: University Press of Mississippi] Softcover Cover is rubbed and worn along edges. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.
[Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]

Paperback. Very Good. ISBN 1578063078 9781578063079 [GB]

Univ Pr of Mississippi, Date: 2001. Paperback. New. 320 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. 2001. Univ Pr of Mississippi ISBN 1578063078 9781578063079 [GB]

ISBN10: 1578063078, ISBN13: 9781578063079, [publisher: University Press Of Mississippi] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 2020 Blues Hall of Fame Classic of Blues LiteratureJimi Hendrix called Earl Hooker 'the master of the wah-wah pedal.' Buddy Guy slept with one of Hooker's slides beneath his pillow hoping to tap some of the elder bluesman's power. And B. B. King has said repeatedly that, for his money, Hooker was the best guitar player he ever met.Tragically, Earl Hooker died of tuberculosis in 1970 when he was on the verge of international success just as the Blues Revival of the late sixties and early seventies was reaching full volume.Second cousin to now-famous bluesman John Lee Hooker, Earl Hooker was born in Mississippi in 1929, and reared in black South Side Chicago where his parents settled in 1930. From the late 1940s on, he was recognized as the most creative electric blues guitarist of his generation. He was a 'musician's musician,' defining the art of blues slide guitar and playing in sessions and shows with blues greats Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, and B. B. King.A favorite of black club and neighborhood bar audiences in the Midwest, and a seasoned entertainer in the rural states of the Deep South, Hooker spent over twenty-five years of his short existence burning up U.S. highways, making brilliant appearances wherever he played.Until the last year of his life, Hooker had only ...
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