John Lee Hooker
(August 22, 1912 or 1917– June 21, 2001)
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.
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 35th
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.
Some of his
best known songs
include
"Boogie Chillen'"
(1948),
"Crawling King Snake"
(1949),
"Dimples"
(1956),
"Boom Boom"
(1962),
and
"One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"
(1966).
Several of his later albums,
including
The Healer
(1989),
Mr. Lucky
(1991),
Chill Out
(1995),
and
Don't Look Back
(1997),
were album
chart successes
in the U.S.
and The UK.
The Healer
(for the song "I'm in the Mood")
and
Chill Out
(for the album)
both earned him
Grammy wins,
as well as
Don't Look Back,
which went on to
earn him a
double-Grammy win
for Best Traditional
Blues Recording
and Best
Pop Collaboration
with Vocals
(with Van Morrison).
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