John Lee Hooker
Acting
- Born
- August 22, 1912 in Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
- Died
- June 21, 2001
- Age
- Died at age 88
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.
