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22nd August 1917

John Lee Hooker

American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

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. He developed his own driving-rhythm boogie style, distinct from the 1930s–1940s piano-derived boogie-woogie.

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  • John Lee Hooker
  • Lived from
    1917 - 2001 (Died age 83)
  • Birthday:
    22nd August 1917
  • Gender:
    Male
  • Star Sign:
    Leo
  • Place of Birth:
    Clarksdale, Mississippi
  • Country:
    United States of America

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