Dvd Hooker John Lee Rare Perf 84-92

John Lee Hooker is one of the foremost blues performers of the post war period. A Mississippi country bluesman he has remained true to his fundamental principles throughout a professional career of more than five decades. Whether playing solo in 1960 or withthe Muddy Waters Band in the same year or his touring bands of the late 1970's and early 1980's John Lee Hooker's genius of writing and performing magnificent intense and emotionally potent blues can be seen in all their glory in this one hour video collection of rare performances.

John Lee Hooker recorded hundreds of songs throughout his career that spanned from the late 1940's until his death in 2001. Very few blues musicians reached the heights that Hooker achieved among his many awards Hooker wasinducted into the Blues Hall of Fame the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. John Lee Hookers trademark one chord blues style can betraced back to his Mississippi roots where he first learned to play guitar and although often described as a simple technique the rhythm found in his playing is the bedrock by which all things blues fingerstyle rock etc. isbased upon. John Lee Hooker played out of standard tuning E position and Spanish tuning typically Open A and nearly all his recorded works fall into either category. Breaking this collection into two parts Feldmannwalks you through every aspect of Hookers playing style in both Standard and Spanish tuning. You'll even be treated to live video footage of Hooker performing the tunes taught out of Standard tuning on electric and more rare acoustic guitar. Whether your looking to learn Hookers songs licks or playing style you'll find those elements in spades plus most importantly you'll improve your rhythmic technique which will benefit your own playingregardless of genre. Tunes include: 'Maudie' 'Tupelo MS' 'I'll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive' 'Boom Boom' 'Boogie Chillen' 'Hobo Blues' 'I'm A Crawling King Snake' 'Bundle Up and Go'.