Earl Hooker "Blue Guitar - Chief/Age/USA Sessions 1960-63" CD
★2020 remastered edition
Earl Hooker was the greatest slide guitarist I've ever known - B.B. King
A definitive album that brings together blues guitar master Earl Hooker's work from the early 1960s, his most productive period!
Earl Hooker is recognized by many greats such as BB King and Otis Rush as the pinnacle of modern blues guitar and an innovator. This compilation brings together recordings from his heyday in the early 1960s with the Chief, Age and USA. From guitar instrumentals that sound bluer than the vocalists to vocal accompaniments by Junior Wells and Lillian Offit, this is the pinnacle of blues guitar. With his aggressive fast playing and slide guitar that rivals that of his master Robert Nighthawk, he is truly a man who expanded the possibilities of blues guitar.
■Track list
- 1. Will My Man Be Home Tonight [vocal by Lillian Offitt]
- 2. Oh Mama [vocal by Lillian Offitt]
- 3. Calling All Blues [with Junior Wells]
- 4. Swear To Tell The Truth [vocal by Harold Tidewell]
- 5. Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule [with Junior Wells]
- 6. Blues In D Natural
- 7. Universal Rock [with Junior Wells]
- 8. Apach War Dance
- 9. Rockin' With The Kid
- 10. Rockin' Wild
- 11. This Little Voice [vocal by AC Reed]
- 12. I Wanna Be Free [vocal by AC Reed]
- 13. That Ain't Right [vocal by AC Reed]
- 14. Blue Guitar
- 15. How Long Can This Go On
- 16. Nothing But Good [with Reggie Boyd]
- 17. These Cotton Pickin' Blues
- 18. Off The Hook
- 19. That Man
- 20. The Bright Sound
- 21. Win The Dance
- 22. You'd Better Be Sure [vocal by Ricky Allen]
- 23. Crying Blues [vocal by AC Reed]
- 24. I Stay Mad [vocal by AC Reed]
- 25. Lotta Lovin' [vocal by AC Reed]
- 26. The Leading Brand
- 27. Want You To Rock Me [vocal by Jackie Brenston]
- 28. Little By Little [vocal by Ricky Allen]
- 29. Don't You Ever Forget It [vocal by Ricky Allen]
