CD Release Concert/Party
Event: CD Release Concert/Party
Date: Saturday,May1, 2010
Location: Malvern, Arkansas--Hotspring Co. Courthouse
(across from the American Legion)
Time: 3:00 pm---Yall come early and get a good seat!
Lynn is holding a CD Release concert/party!! He will perform the
complete list of his songs, maybe with a little bonus song off his upcoming
2nd CD!! Everyone be sure to come and support this release.( Lynn's counting
on you)
Lynn ia proud to say he's from the Malvern-Glen Rose area in Arkansas.
He is also proud of all the years spent in Houston, Tx. Lynn has been blessed
to have the opportunity to play many show's in Arkansas and Texas. He has also
played show's in Tennessee,Louisiana,and Kentucky. Played a weekly radio show
in Kentucky and did his 1st festival there as well. He's been so blessed to have been surrounded by professional musician's in Houston, Tx. and Memphis/Nashville, Tennessee.
His son Sidney Hooker will open the show with a couple of songs. Sidney is 15 and seems
to be following up with the family Tradition. Ya'll will be impressed with his talent at such a young age!
--Lynn has had multiple family members to pass away due to cancer. So he has decided to give back a portion of the proceeds from CD sales to Relay For Life(American Cancer Society).
The newspaper, KBOK radio, Relay For Life, and a host of others will be on hand!!
Ya'll don't forget to mark it on your calender---Thank's,( we'll see ya there!)-God Bless!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Lynn's Full Bio
Lynn Hooker was born in a small town in Arkansas, aprox. 20 miles south of Hot Springs. (Malvern). He left Malvern at the age of 4 and moved to Houston, Texas with his mother and little brother John.
Growing up in the Houston area, Lynn grew interested in music. By the time he could talk, he was singing to songs on the radio and juke boxes in the 60's. He and his brother were raised mainly by their mom, who encouraged him every step of the way with his vocal ability and interest in playing guitar and other instruments.
He would always sing, and when he did, it would draw attention from everyone within hearing distance. He entered into a singing contest in 5th grade in which he won first place and was presented an Ivory statue of J. Strauss-1849 and a certificate. His mom bought him his first guitar at the age of six. He soon taught himself a couple of chords and before long he was playing whole songs.
By the time he hit Jr. High he got involved with a friend at school with similar interests. The other boy played guitar as well. The missing link was drums. His mom found a cheap set of drums for Lynn, so he formed a two piece band. That year (1973) they performed in a talent show, Lynn playing drums and singing two songs by: C.C.R. (Who'll stop the rain and Long as I can see the Light). They took home first place in the competition.
1973 was the year he found Jesus and was saved. "Splendora First baptist Church" 36 miles north of Houston, Texas. That’s when he started singing and performing in church to honor the lord. He spent a short time in Kentucky, where he played radio shows live on Saturdays. He performed his first festival-concert in 1974 in West Liberty, Kentucky. The family then moved back to Houston.
After high school, Lynn started playing night clubs, and continued doing any other events that was available. His band was called Lynn Hooker And Southern Nights. He performed all over the greater Houston area and throughout South Texas -1978-1991" Lynn moved back to his original home town and put together a solo show – playing throughout Arkansas. As he called Arkansas his home, Houston kept on calling.
Traveling and performing shows, Lynn and wife Debbie got involved with an audio engineer out of Houston. Started working as a sound tech on the side – running sound for name artist such as Gene Watson, John Conlee, Jango Walker (Jerry Jeff's son), Kevin Fowler, and several other artist on the Texas charts. By 2005 he got burned out playing the club scene and all those smoky rooms. So he decided to try his hand at writing. Lynn started out writing contemporary country and rock-n-roll tunes.
Then one day while writing a song, every thought and idea that came to mind was in some way related back to the Lord. He realized at that moment what his calling from the Lord was all about! He put together his first album titled - Heroes In Heaven. The lights went out one night with a storm. He lit a kerosene lantern and wrote the title song in approx. 25 minutes.
Heroes In Heaven -Track #2- is about a boy going off to war and never returning. Track #1- Finding Jesus, a Rockin-n-Roll tune- tells how you can find the Lord anywhere you may go! (In this case-at the Houston Rodeo. Track #3, For All The World To See- Only Blues tune on the CD" John 3:16" Praise song.
Track #4 - Life Ain't Nothing Without You - Good ole' country tune with Christian message, Complemented with "Banjo". Track #5 Set Me Free- Is a get down Southern Rocker, Tells a story about a fatal auto crash on a dirt road, one survived out of the couple, a man yearning for his loved one (and the story goes on) Track#6 The Golden Pearly Gates -"Ballad" This is sort of a short Testimonial.(1973). Track # 7 The Good Book - Southern Rocker – The Importance of the Bible and part of Lynn's
view of what it stands for. Track #8 – Credit To The Man- Country all the way- Tells about a man getting out of prison, coming to know the Lord while he was there, loosing his family, then gaining faith in the Lord. Track #9 Special Time of Year "Ballad" Worshiping the Lord and giving during Christmas season. Track #10 Can't wait for the Lord to Call - Get down praise song with a country feel,(complimented with the mandolin).
Growing up in the Houston area, Lynn grew interested in music. By the time he could talk, he was singing to songs on the radio and juke boxes in the 60's. He and his brother were raised mainly by their mom, who encouraged him every step of the way with his vocal ability and interest in playing guitar and other instruments.
He would always sing, and when he did, it would draw attention from everyone within hearing distance. He entered into a singing contest in 5th grade in which he won first place and was presented an Ivory statue of J. Strauss-1849 and a certificate. His mom bought him his first guitar at the age of six. He soon taught himself a couple of chords and before long he was playing whole songs.
By the time he hit Jr. High he got involved with a friend at school with similar interests. The other boy played guitar as well. The missing link was drums. His mom found a cheap set of drums for Lynn, so he formed a two piece band. That year (1973) they performed in a talent show, Lynn playing drums and singing two songs by: C.C.R. (Who'll stop the rain and Long as I can see the Light). They took home first place in the competition.
1973 was the year he found Jesus and was saved. "Splendora First baptist Church" 36 miles north of Houston, Texas. That’s when he started singing and performing in church to honor the lord. He spent a short time in Kentucky, where he played radio shows live on Saturdays. He performed his first festival-concert in 1974 in West Liberty, Kentucky. The family then moved back to Houston.
After high school, Lynn started playing night clubs, and continued doing any other events that was available. His band was called Lynn Hooker And Southern Nights. He performed all over the greater Houston area and throughout South Texas -1978-1991" Lynn moved back to his original home town and put together a solo show – playing throughout Arkansas. As he called Arkansas his home, Houston kept on calling.
Traveling and performing shows, Lynn and wife Debbie got involved with an audio engineer out of Houston. Started working as a sound tech on the side – running sound for name artist such as Gene Watson, John Conlee, Jango Walker (Jerry Jeff's son), Kevin Fowler, and several other artist on the Texas charts. By 2005 he got burned out playing the club scene and all those smoky rooms. So he decided to try his hand at writing. Lynn started out writing contemporary country and rock-n-roll tunes.
Then one day while writing a song, every thought and idea that came to mind was in some way related back to the Lord. He realized at that moment what his calling from the Lord was all about! He put together his first album titled - Heroes In Heaven. The lights went out one night with a storm. He lit a kerosene lantern and wrote the title song in approx. 25 minutes.
Heroes In Heaven -Track #2- is about a boy going off to war and never returning. Track #1- Finding Jesus, a Rockin-n-Roll tune- tells how you can find the Lord anywhere you may go! (In this case-at the Houston Rodeo. Track #3, For All The World To See- Only Blues tune on the CD" John 3:16" Praise song.
Track #4 - Life Ain't Nothing Without You - Good ole' country tune with Christian message, Complemented with "Banjo". Track #5 Set Me Free- Is a get down Southern Rocker, Tells a story about a fatal auto crash on a dirt road, one survived out of the couple, a man yearning for his loved one (and the story goes on) Track#6 The Golden Pearly Gates -"Ballad" This is sort of a short Testimonial.(1973). Track # 7 The Good Book - Southern Rocker – The Importance of the Bible and part of Lynn's
view of what it stands for. Track #8 – Credit To The Man- Country all the way- Tells about a man getting out of prison, coming to know the Lord while he was there, loosing his family, then gaining faith in the Lord. Track #9 Special Time of Year "Ballad" Worshiping the Lord and giving during Christmas season. Track #10 Can't wait for the Lord to Call - Get down praise song with a country feel,(complimented with the mandolin).
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