Born
1912-08-22
Died
2001-06-21 (88 years old)
Birthplace
Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
Known for
Acting
John Lee Hooker
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.
