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John Lee Hooker

Born 22 August 1912 · Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA · Died 21 June 2001

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 Blues Brothers
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
The Blues Brothers
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