Earl Hooker – Rockin' With The Kid: The Age Chief & Fire Years (LP Vinyl)

Earl Hooker remains one of the most criminally underappreciated guitarists Chicago blues ever produced, a slide virtuoso who influenced B.B. King and Junior Wells while rarely stepping to the microphone himself. These recordings from the Age, Chief, and Fire labels capture him in his working prime, cutting sides that circulated through the South Side like currency before most listeners even knew his name.