John Lee Hooker
Known For
Acting
Born
August 22, 1912
Died
June 21, 2001 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
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.
