Earl hooker biography

Earl Hooker (born January 15, 1929 in Clarksdale, Mississippi; died April 21, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois) was an Americanbluesguitarist.

Life and career

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Early life

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Earl Hooker was born Earl Zebedee Hooker in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

He taught himself to play guitar around the age of 10 and began going to the Lyon & Healy Music School in 1941 soon after.^[1]

Teen life

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While a teen, Hooker played on Chicago street corners, sometimes with Bo Diddley.

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He also became friends with slide guitarist Robert Nighthawk, which led to Hooker playing slide guitar and some performances with Nighthawk's group outside of Chicago.

First band

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In 1949, Hooker moved to Memphis, joined Ike Turner's band, and played in the South.

Hooker made his first recordings mainly 78 rpm and 45 rpm records in 1952 and 1953 for small labels Rockin', King, and Sun.

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