John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early North Mississippi Hill country blues.
Name | John Lee Hooker |
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Birthday | 1912-08-22 |
Deathday | 2001-06-21 |
Gender | Male |
Homepage | http://www.johnleehooker.com/ |
IMDB | John Lee Hooker profile on IMDB |
Place of Birth | Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA |