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John Lee Hooker
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John Lee Hooker was an American blues musician who had a long career spanning much of the 20th century, from the early 1900s until his death in 2001. He is an important figure in blues history, helping to shape and popularize the genre during a time when it became a major influence on modern music.
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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. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early North Mississippi Hill country blues.
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- Newport and the Great Folk Dream — Self (archive footage)2025
- John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990 — Himself2020
- John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man — Self2019
- Monochrome: Black, White & Blue — Self (Archival)2017
- Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall — Self2014
- The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts — Self (archive footage)2009
- Blues at the BBC — Self2009
- Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges — Self2008
- Rolling With the Blues — Self (archive footage)2007
- Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker — Himself2006
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John Lee Hooker (Coahoma County, Mississippi, August 22, 1917 – Los Altos, California, June 21, 2001) was a highly influential American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie piano style and a driving rhythm into his masterful and idiosyncratic blues guitar and singing. His best known songs include "Boogie Chillen" (1948) and "Boom Boom" (1962). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/J
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- Given name
- Lee
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Clarksdale
- Place of death
- Los Altos
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- Afro-Cuban jazz
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- Modern Records
- Official website
- www.johnleehooker.com
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- John Lee Hooker two.jpg
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- 1917-08-22
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- 2001-06-21
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- African Americans
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- John Lee Hooker
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- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- cause of death
- disease
- start of work period
- 1942-00-00
- social media followers
- 180000
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John Lee Hooker (* möglicherweise am 22. August 1917 in Tutwiler bei Clarksdale, Mississippi; † 21. Juni 2001 in Los Altos, Kalifornien) war ein einflussreicher US-amerikanischer Bluessänger, Songwriter und Gitarrist. Hooker gilt als Vertreter des Delta Blues, den er meist mit elektrischer Gitarre in seinem unverwechselbaren Stil vortrug. Seine musikalische Karriere dauerte mehr als fünf Jahrzehnte. Zu seinen bekanntesten Stücken gehören die Titel Boogie Chillen’ (1948), Crawling King Snake (1949), Dimples (1956), Boom Boom (1962), One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (1966) und The Healer (1989).
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