John Lee Hooker

Born

August 22, 1912 in Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA

Died

June 21, 2001

Popularity

1.0163

Biography

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.