John Lee Hooker

USA

Born: 22 August 1917

Died: 21 June 2001

Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90

Genres: Blues

Styles: Country Blues, Electric Blues, Electric Delta Blues, Delta Blues, Acoustic Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Blues Revival, Early American Blues, Detroit Blues, Contemporary Blues, Modern Electric Blues

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He was beloved worldwide as the king of the endless boogie, a genuine blues superstar whose droning, hypnotic one-chord grooves were at once both ultra-primitive and timeless. But John Lee Hooker recorded in a great many more styles than that over a career that stretched across more than half a century. "The Hook" was a Mississippi native who became the top gent on the Detroit blues circuit in the years following World War II. The seeds for his eerily mournful guitar sound were planted by his stepfather, Will Moore, while Hooker was in his teen...

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