John Lee Hooker's date of birth is a subject of debate; the years 1912, 1915, 1917, 1920, and 1923 have all been suggested. Most official sources list 1917 Born in Mississippi. He was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist and rose to fame performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of the Delta Blues.
At the age of 14, John ran away from home, reportedly never seeing his mother or stepfather again. In the mid-1930s, he lived in Memphis, Tennessee, where he performed on Beale Street, at the New Daisy Theatre and occasionally at house parties.
John was the son of a sharecropper, and he developed his own driving-rhythm boogie style and piano-derived boogie-woogie. Two of Hookers songs "Boogie Chillen" and "Boom Boom" are included in the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll
.
In his lifetime Hooker also received 5 Grammy Awards.
John died peacefully in his sleep on 21 June 2001 in Los Altos, California.
At the age of 14, John ran away from home, reportedly never seeing his mother or stepfather again. In the mid-1930s, he lived in Memphis, Tennessee, where he performed on Beale Street, at the New Daisy Theatre and occasionally at house parties.
John was the son of a sharecropper, and he developed his own driving-rhythm boogie style and piano-derived boogie-woogie. Two of Hookers songs "Boogie Chillen" and "Boom Boom" are included in the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll
.
In his lifetime Hooker also received 5 Grammy Awards.
John died peacefully in his sleep on 21 June 2001 in Los Altos, California.