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John Lee Hooker

Acting

Born August 22, 1912 · Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA

Died June 21, 2001

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.

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