Earl Hooker
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American Chicago blues guitarist (1929–1970)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1883
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Those astounding ice ages
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-01-15
- Active to
- 1970-04-21
blueschicago blueselectric blues
Discography
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- 117,904
- Total plays
- 564,514
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Earl Hooker (January 15, 1930 – April 21, 1970) was an American blues guitarist. Born Earl Zebedee Hooker in Quitman County, Mississippi, his impoverished family moved to Chicago, Illinois when he was still an infant. Influenced by parents and relatives who played music, he was a cousin of John Lee Hooker and began playing guitar as a teenager. An instrumentalist, within a few years Hooker put together a band that toured the United States and made some of his first recordings for Sam Phillips at
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Clarksdale
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- guitar
Show 6 more facts
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1929-01-15
- date of death
- 1970-04-21
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
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