BOOGIE BLUES, DETROIT BLUES
John Lee Hooker
Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1917
Los Altos, California, 2001
Plays and Sings the Blues
Caviar de 1951 y 1952.
Chess, 1961
Cantante, compositor y guitarrista de Mississippi (EEUU). Blues hipnótico sobre un mismo acorde que se mueve al ritmo de Boogie primitivo. Una voz poderosa, cruda e irrepetible. No mezclar con sustancias alucinógenas.
El trabajo incluye 'Mad Man Blues' y 'Baby Please Don´t Go'. Material propio, único e irrepetible.
Similares: Ray Charles, Lightnin´Hopkins, JB Lonoir, Cannet Heat, The Animals, Nick Cave, Jon Spencer, Seasick Steve.
Música:
THE DETROIT YEARS (recordings 1948-1955)
THE CHICAGO YEARS (recordings 1955-1964)
THE FOLK YEARS (recordings 1959-1963)
THE ABC YEARS (recordings 1965-1974)
THE ROSEBUD YEARS (recordings 1975-2001)
EPHIPHONE 64' John Lee Hooker Sheraton
$3,194.
The Epiphone Sheraton: An Upscale Version of a Gibson Classic
In 1957, Gibson purchased the Epiphone Company, which up until that time had been one of its fiercest rivals – particularly in the area of hollowbody archtop guitars. Prompted by a stern memo from Ted McCarty to hurry up and introduce some new Epiphone models at the upcoming NAMM show in 1958, Gibson introduced a completely new line of Epiphones, highlighted by the now-legendary Sheraton.
While some of the new Epis had familiar names, such as the Emperor and Deluxe, the Sheraton represented a first for Epi – not just in name but in its semi-hollowbody construction as well. Although Gibson’s ES-335 garnered more publicity from its 1958 debut, the Sheraton offered the same revolutionary body style but with a more stylish look, highlighted by its Emperor-style V-block fingerboard inlays and vine inlay on the peghead.
The Sheraton was an immediate hit, the unique voice of its mini-humbuckers soon made it the instrument of choice for many professional artists of the time, including blues legend John Lee Hooker. Today Epiphone continues the Sheraton legacy by offering three versions of this classic guitar icon.
