John Lee Hooker

Known for Acting

John Lee Hooker's portrait

Details

Birthday: August 22, 1912

Deathday: June 21, 2001

Place of birth: Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA

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.