John Lee Hooker
(1917-2001)
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
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John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) 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. Hooker was ranked 35 in Rolling Stones 2015 list of 100 greatest guitarists.
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17 August 1917 Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
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| Died |
21 June 2001 (aged 83) Los Altos, California, USA
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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