EARL HOOKER The Genius Of LP NEW SEALED COLOR VINYL REISSUE SUNDAZED
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Description
ARTIST: Earl Hooker
TITLE: The Genius Of Earl Hooker
FORMAT: LP (Color Vinyl)
LABEL: Sundazed
CATALOG #: LP-5206
RECORD CONDITION: NEW
JACKET CONDITION: NEW
DESCRIPTION: Reissue of his exceedingly rare Cuca Records release, circa 1967. Instrumental blues at its best! On Sundazed high-quality vinyl!
"Earl Hooker was an incredible slide guitarist residing in Chicago during the 1950s and '60s. Hooker split his time between his birth place on the Mississippi Delta and his adopted home of Chicago were he played with the likes of Ike Turner and Sonny Boy Williamson. The Genius of Earl Hooker, his exceedingly rare Cuca Records release, circa '67 finds him laying down instrumental blues at its best!" - Sundazed
"This rare circa-1967 album has what you'd expect from a vintage Earl Hooker LP: blues instrumentals with unfailingly stinging guitar, a relaxed groove, and soul-tinged arrangements bolstered by solid organ. If it's mighty reliable in what it delivers, it also has to be said that there aren't many surprises, the tracks coming close to very high-class blues background music in some senses. As that limited genre goes, however, this is at the top of that class, Hooker throwing in enough energetic flourishes, swoops, and musical equivalents of exclamation points to not just keep things interesting, but also keep a smile on your face. A few familiar blues and soul tunes are covered here, including "Dust My Broom," "Hold On, I'm Coming," and "Something You Got," the last of these unappetizingly retitled "Something You Ate." But for the most part the program is original, including one number, "Bertha," that seems to look toward Santo & Johnny's sleepy slide guitar workouts for inspiration." - Richie Unterberger & allmusic.com
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