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    Hooker Blues
    Hooker Blues
    Hooker Blues
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    Hooker Blues

    By Rick Payne

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    ‘Of all the guitarists that I’ve listened to and studied over the years John Lee Hooker is the one steeped in the real DNA of the blues. You can’t help but be drawn into the primitive and simplistic way, that with just a few riffs and chords, he conjured up the sound of both the Mississippi Delta and the West African roots of the blues. When I’m giving a blues guitar workshop I often say - if you want to play authentic blues guitar there’s only one riff you need, and that of course is one by the genius that was John Lee Hooker. In this course I’ll be sharing some of these riffs, and exploring the ways you can begin to sound just like the ‘Healer’ himself. So, settle down, get your foot tapping and let’s play some 'Hooker Blues’. This Course includes in-depth exercises and 11 study tunes in the Hooker style all supported by video.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRick Payne
    Release dateFeb 26, 2016
    ISBN9781310012921
    Hooker Blues
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    Rick Payne

    Rick Payne is an established acoustic blues guitarist with many national and international tours to his credit. He has become especially well known for his authentic acoustic blues finger picking, in the many traditional styles of the blues including delta blues, piedmont, ragtime and slide and has recorded several albums of this kind.Often compared with Ry Cooder, slide guitar maestro Rick Payne’s performances have taken him to prime time TV, to festivals and theatres throughout the UK and on tour to Europe, USA, Scandinavia and Greek Islands. He has provided music to a number of major TV productions, for programmes on Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. He has also featured on The Paul Jones and Mike Harding's show on BBC Radio 2.Rick has recorded a number of CDs, including the noted ‘Blue River Blues’ for Bennett House Records California.New CD - Radio City Blues now available CD or downloadReviewers have described his sound as: heart wrenching and passionate, delicate and scorching, seriously brilliant, totally absorbing and spellbindingly evocative with raw and fiery vocals to match.As a teacher he has written and facilitated many courses and guitar workshop style sessions, teaching the art of Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Rev Garry Davis, Django, Ry Cooder and many more.

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      Hooker Blues - Rick Payne

      Table of Contents

      COPYRIGHT

      INTRODUCTON

      NOTES ON JOHN LEE HOOKER

      'HOW HOW HOW HOW' The Hooker Style

      RIFFS AND RUNS

      E7 ACCOMPANIMENT

      OPEN A RIFFS AND RUNS

      CHILLEN GROOVES

      STUDY TUNES

      LONDON BEAT

      HOOKER SHUFFLE

      HOOKER SHUFFLE VARIATION

      SMILER

      CRAWLING BLUES

      MISSISSIPPI FLOOD

      IN THE MOOD BOOGIE

      HOOKER BLUES

      MANINKA BLUES

      CHILLEN GROOVE

      CHILLEN 2

      COPASTATIC

      RICK PAYNE

      MORE FROM RICK PAYNE

      COPYRIGHT

      Published by Rick Payne at Smashwords

      2016

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      All study tunes are composed by Rick Payne

      INTRODUCTON

      Of all the guitarists that I've listened to and studied over the years John Lee Hooker is the one steeped in the real DNA of the blues, and certainly the most African sounding. You can't help but be drawn into the primitive and simplistic way that, with just a few riffs and chords, he conjured up the sound of both the Mississippi Delta and west coast Africa. Somehow he managed to instinctively avoid the normal rhythms of his peers in the early days of the Delta. The twelve bar patterns and blues formats that we associate with players like Robert

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