John Lee Hooker in general

Newest Review: ... in hilly phrases. His songs are a monologue that retells a story of emotional pain that requires a unique verbal pattern. ... more

... Hooker was the first great recorded practioner of the electric blues-rock-funk and stream of consciousness boogie. Hooker likes to keep things simple. He rarely strays from a couple of cords and delivers his autobiographical blues with growing menace and much vibrato. He's a completely closed-in performer who accents the rhythmic drive of his performance, according to Quallette, by "chopping off the ends of his rhythmic lines." When Hooker cut his first single, a stomping guitar boogie called, "Boogie...more

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John Lee Hooker in general: A Tribute To A Great BLues Singer (539 words)
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As many of you may know, The one and only John Lee Hooker died recently, on 21st June, and i dedidcate this op to the great Musician. He was born on 22nd August 1917, in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Later he became the stepson of William Moore, a guitarist. At the age of 14, he started singing with spiritual groups. Hooker learned his style of guitar playing from his stepfather. He also learned to play from his colleagues, James Smith and Coot Harris. His style of guitar playing is known as two-finger picking.(Stratyner 112) His two-finger picking style is known as Deltalick Hooker introduced a style to which every white blues band since 1962 must trace at ... Read the complete review

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