Hooker John Lee

John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker American blues musician (1912 or 1917–2001) For other people named John Hooker, see John Hooker (disambiguation). John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912[1] or 1917[4][5] – June 21, 2001) 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 that he developed in Detroit. 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, [6] and has been cited as one of the greatest male blues vocalists of all…

GENRES: Blues, Male Vocalist

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