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John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

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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.

Personal Info
  • Known For Acting
  • Gender Male
  • Birthday August 22, 1912 (88 years old)
  • Died June 21, 2001
  • Place of Birth Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
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