John Lee Hooker
Acting
Born: 1912-08-22 in Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
Died: 2001-06-21
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.
