LoginThe Complete 50's Chess Recordings
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Hooker was already making hits (for Modern) when he started to record for Chicago's legendary Chess Records in 1952. So he's at the peak of his powers on these solo sides from 1952 to '54, and with Eddie "Guitar" Burns, pianist Lafayette Leak, and drummer Fred Below in 1966. The '50s numbers stomp and grind through Hooker's typically down-'n'-dirty songwriting. "Ground Hog Blues" is especially gritty, as he describes how he'll poison his woman's lover. Those cuts also show the influence of pre-war blues personalities Sleepy John Estes (on "Worried Life Blues"), Tampa Red ("Sugar Mama"), So
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Manufacturer: Chess
Release date: 13 January 1998
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 0076732939123 UPC: 076732939123
Release date: 13 January 1998
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 0076732939123 UPC: 076732939123
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