John Lee Hooker
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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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 that he developed in Detroit. Wikipedia
Born: August 22, 1917, Tutwiler, MS
Died: June 21, 2001 (age 83 years), Los Altos, CA
Spouse: Maude Mathis (m. 1944–1969) and Alma Hopes (m. 1943–1943)
Genre: Blues
Children: John Lee Hooker, Jr. and Zakiya Hooker
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