John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Known for : Acting

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.

Fullname:

John Lee Hooker

Date of Birth:

1912-08-22

Place Of Birth:

Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA