John Lee Hooker
American blues musician (1912 or 1917-2001) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 83
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.
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Blind Lemon Jefferson Influenced John- Bob Thiele Produced It Serve You Right to Suffer (1966)
Carlos Santana Produced The Healer (1989)
Van Morrison Produced Don't Look Back (1997)
John Landis Directed The Blues Brothers (1980)
Bob Hite Produced Hooker 'n Heat (1971)
Jean-Louis Murat Influenced by John- Orrin Keepnews Produced That's My Story (1960)
Robert K. Weiss Produced The Blues Brothers (1980)
Bill Szymczyk Produced Endless Boogie (1971)
Bernie Brillstein Produced The Blues Brothers (1980)- Ralph Bass Produced The Real Folk Blues (1966)
George Folsey Jr. Produced The Blues Brothers (1980)
Shawn Amos Produced The Healer (1989)
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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. Hooker was ranked 35 in Rolling Stone's 2015 list of 100 greatest guitarists, and has been cited as one of the greatest male blues vocalists of all time.
