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.
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
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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