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exhausting, and caused a deterioration in his health, although he still managed a few
     gigs, including some with Junior Wells, in November and December. After that he was

     once again hospitalised, and subsequently died on April 21st 1970, of complications
     due to tuberculosis, at the age of 41 (or possibly 40!). He is buried in the Restvale

     Cemetery,  at  Alsip,  Cook  County,  Illinois,  where  there  is  a  small  (and  somewhat
     overgrown (Ed)) commemorative plaque.


                                                                                      As  a  guitar  player  he

                                                                                      was  a  fluid  and  highly
                                                                                      innovative  player,  who,

                                                                                      in his later years, used
                                                                                      the  Wah  Wah  pedal  to

                                                                                      great  effect,  and  often
                                                                                      played a double necked

                                                                                      Gibson. By using a short
                                                                                      slide  he  was  able  to

                                                                                      switch  easily  between
                                                                                      slide       and       fretted

                                                                                      playing.


                                                                                      His  music  still  sounds
                                                                                      fresh  and  exciting,  and

                                                                                      luckily  there  are  some
     excellent  compilations  available,  including  “Rockin’  Wild  1952-1963”  (Soul  Jam

     Records) and “The Electrifying Blues Guitar of Earl Hooker 1953-1962” (Jasmine),
     which feature between them a total of 60 tracks, of which only 9 are duplicates. One

     or both are well worth hearing, and highly recommended - by me!
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