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Earl Hooker

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Also known as Earl Zebedee Hooker

American Chicago blues guitarist (1929–1970)

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Born
1883
Works
1

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1930-01-15
Active to
1970-04-21
blueschicago blueselectric blues

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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

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date of birth
1929-01-15
date of death
1970-04-21
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1970-00-00
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