John Lee Hooker
Born on 22 Aug 1912Place of birth: Tutwiler, Mississippi, USADied on 21 June 2001
Known for: Acting
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.