Hooker Blues

‘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 b...