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John Lee Hooker
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. Hooker was also influenced by his stepfather, 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. He 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). Biography Early life Hooker was born on Augus

Discography

The Definitive Collection
The Definitive Collection


The Very Best Of John Lee Hooker
The Very Best Of John Lee Hooker


John Lee Hooker: The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990
John Lee Hooker: The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990


The Healer
The Healer


Live At The Cafe Au Go-Go (And Soledad Prison)
Live At The Cafe Au Go-Go (And Soledad Prison)


It Serves You Right to Suffer
It Serves You Right to Suffer


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