Sam Hooper Group at Irishtown Bend Taproom At Market Garden Brewery

Dynamic Guitarist and Vocalist leads Quartet playing Blues, Funk, Indie & Classic Rock Live @ Irishtown Bend Tap Room @ MGB!

Featuring:
Sam Hooper-Guitar, Lead Vocals, & Leader
Jacob B. Johnson-Keys/Vocals
Derrick James-Bass/Vocals
Robert Booker-Drums

Sam Hooper is a captivating American musician from Cleveland, Ohio. His alluring blend of blues, rock, jazz and funk has thrilled audiences in China, Switzerland, Finland, Japan and the USA. His soulful vocals have been compared to Otis Redding, while critics have likened his blistering guitar playing to Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana....

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Dynamic Guitarist and Vocalist leads Quartet playing Blues, Funk, Indie & Classic Rock Live @ Irishtown Bend Tap Room @ MGB!

Featuring:
Sam Hooper-Guitar, Lead Vocals, & Leader
Jacob B. Johnson-Keys/Vocals
Derrick James-Bass/Vocals
Robert Booker-Drums

Sam Hooper is a captivating American musician from Cleveland, Ohio. His alluring blend of blues, rock, jazz and funk has thrilled audiences in China, Switzerland, Finland, Japan and the USA. His soulful vocals have been compared to Otis Redding, while critics have likened his blistering guitar playing to Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana.

WINNER of the 2018 Northeast Ohio Blues Association, (NEOBA) BLUES CHALLENGE, Sam Hooper Group were Semifinalists in the The International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, TN, January, 2019.

Hooper’s love for the blues came through hearing the blues/rock that was popular in his high school years. His first listen to “Red House” on Jimi Hendrix’s Smash Hits album was a turning point. It peaked his interest to dig deeper. He discovered the music’s rich history through records by Lightnin’ Hopkins, Lead Belly, Son House, John Lee Hooker and others that he borrowed from the library. He would slow them down to catch the phrasing. He’d also take empty liquor bottles to the hardware store and have the necks cut off so he could use them to play slide guitar.

A graduate of Florida’s University of Miami School of Music and an alumni of Berklee College of Music’s Songwriting Program in Boston, Hooper is also an experienced educator. Most recently, he joined Roots of American Music (ROAM) in Cleveland as a Teaching Artist. In this position, he lead classes of high school students in writing and performing songs together about diversity and intolerance.

With five CDs released on the FBJoy Records label, Hooper’s songs have been heard by millions on the hot daytime TV Dramas “All My Children” and “The Young and the Restless.”

Hooper’s newest CD, “Sam Hooper and Mike Null – HOODOO BLUES,” was the WINNER for 2015 BEST SELF-PRODUCED CD in the Cleveland Blues Society’s annual International Blues Challenge competition.

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