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Earl Hooker is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Robert Nighthawk, A.C. Reed, Merle Travis, Junior Wells and Sonny Boy Williamson II. Those roots explain a lot about how Earl Hooker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Elmore James, J.B. Lenoir, John Lee Hooker, Slim Harpo and Roosevelt Sykes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Led Zeppelin and Muddy Waters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Earl Hooker, reaching back through Robert Nighthawk and forward to Led Zeppelin. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Earl Zebedee Hooker was a Chicago blues guitarist known for his slide guitar playing. Considered a "musician's musician", he performed with blues artists such as Sonny Boy Williamson II, Junior Wells, and John Lee Hooker and fronted his own bands. An early player of the electric guitar, Hooker was influenced by the modern urban styles of T-Bone Walker and Robert Nighthawk. He recorded several singles and albums as a bandleader and with other well-known artists. His "Blue Guitar", a slide guitar instrumental single, was popular in the Chicago area and was later overdubbed with vocals by Muddy Waters as "You Shook Me".
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Earl Hooker grew out of Robert Nighthawk, A.C. Reed, Merle Travis and Junior Wells, shares an orbit with Elmore James, J.B. Lenoir, John Lee Hooker and Slim Harpo, went on to shape Led Zeppelin and Muddy Waters. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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