John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

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 ForActing
GenderMale
BirthdateAugust 22, 1912(88 years old)
Place of BirthTutwiler, Mississippi, USA