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Sweet Black Angel (Earl Hooker Album)
''Sweet Black Angel'' is an album by blues musician Earl Hooker released on the Blue Thumb Records, Blue Thumb label in 1969. The album was co-produced by musician Ike Turner and Blue Thumb founder Bob Krasnow. Reception The AllMusic review stated: "It's a wide-ranging collection, as its oddly generic song titles ("Country and Western," "Shuffle," "Funky Blues") would eloquently indicate." Track listing # "I Got You (I Feel Good), I Feel Good" (James Brown) – 2:02 # "Driving Wheel, Drivin' Wheel" (Roosevelt Sykes) – 3:19 # "Shuffle" (Bob Krasnow, Earl Hooker, Ike Turner) – 2:49 # "Country and Western" (Hooker) – 3:05 # "Sweet Home Chicago" (Robert Johnson, Adapted by Earl Hooker) – 2:52 # "Black Angel Blues, Sweet Black Angel" (Robert Nighthawk) – 2:31 # "Boogie, Don't Blot!" (Krasnow, Turner) – 2:26 # "Crosscut Saw (song), Cross Cut Saw" (R. G. Ford) – 2:24 # "Catfish Blues" (Krasnow, Hooker, Turner) – 2:36 # "The Mood" (Hooker, Turner) – 1:38 # "Funky Blues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Hooker
Earl Zebedee Hooker (January 15, 1930 – April 21, 1970) 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". In the late 1960s, Hooker began performing on the college and concert circuit and had several recording contracts. Just as his career was on an upswing, he died in 1970, at age 40, after a lifelong struggle with tuberculosis. His guitar playing has been acknowledged by many of his peers, including B.B. King, who commented, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |