Hooker, John Lee

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John Lee Hooker (1917-2001) 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. He developed his own driving-rhythm boogie style, distinct from the 1930s–1940s piano-derived boogie-woogie.

He also recorded under pseudonymns Texas Slim, Delta John, Birmingham Sam, Johnny Williams, The Boogie Man, and John Lee Booker.

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referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
creatorOf Hooker, John Lee, 1917-2001. Boogie Chillun. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Hooker, John Lee, 1917-2001. John Lee Hooker. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
creatorOf Hooker, John Lee, 1917-2001. John Lee Hooker [Multimédia multisupport]. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
referencedIn Connor, Anthony, 1946-. Robert Neff and Anthony Connor blues collection : [oral history], 1973-1974 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Heritage Auction Galleries (Dallas, Tex.). Collection on John Lee Hooker (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Collection), 1955-1965 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives
referencedIn Obrecht, Jas. Jas Obrecht Collection, 1978-1994. University of Mississippi
creatorOf Hooker, John Lee, 1917-2001. Boogie Chillun. Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF
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Birth 1917-08-22

Death 2001-06-21

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