John Lee Hooker

Born Aug 22, 1912 · Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA

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.

Known for

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1

2003

John Lee Hooker - That's My Story

2001

John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992

1992

The Blues Brothers

1980