John Lee Hooker

Born: August 22, 1917 in Clarksdale
Died: June 21, 2001 in Los Altos

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. Hooker was ranked 35 in Rolling Stone's 2015 list of 100 greatest guitarists.

Instruments: GuitarVoiceSingingBassDrum Kit

Genres: BluesRhythm And BluesAfro-Cuban Jazz

Influenced by: Blind Lemon Jefferson
Occupations: guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, recording artist

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