John Lee Hooker

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Born on August 22, 1912 (112 years old)

Passed Away on June 21, 2001

From Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA

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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.

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