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| Origin = Coahoma County, Mississippi
| Instrument =
| Voice_type =
| Genre = Electric blues
Delta blues
Country blues
Detroit blues | Occupation = singer-songwriter, guitarist | Years_active = 1948-2001 | Label = Modern, Vee-Jay, Chess, ABC/Bluesway, Pointblank | Associated_acts = Canned Heat | URL = [http://www.johnleehooker.com/ johnleehooker.com],
[http://web.telia.com/~u19104970/johnnielee.html World's Greatest Blues Singer] | Notable_instruments = Epiphone Sheraton
Epiphone Sheraton II }}
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. From a musical family, he was a cousin of Earl Hooker. John was also influenced by his step-father, a local blues guitarist, who learned in Shreveport, Louisiana to play a droning, one-chord blues that was strikingly different from the Delta blues of the time. John developed a half-spoken style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was rhythmically free. 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).
Delta blues
Country blues
Detroit blues | Occupation = singer-songwriter, guitarist | Years_active = 1948-2001 | Label = Modern, Vee-Jay, Chess, ABC/Bluesway, Pointblank | Associated_acts = Canned Heat | URL = [http://www.johnleehooker.com/ johnleehooker.com],
[http://web.telia.com/~u19104970/johnnielee.html World's Greatest Blues Singer] | Notable_instruments = Epiphone Sheraton
Epiphone Sheraton II }}
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. From a musical family, he was a cousin of Earl Hooker. John was also influenced by his step-father, a local blues guitarist, who learned in Shreveport, Louisiana to play a droning, one-chord blues that was strikingly different from the Delta blues of the time. John developed a half-spoken style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was rhythmically free. 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).
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