John Lee Hooker

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John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Mississippi, the son of a sharecropper, and rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. 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 style. 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) – the first being the most popular race record of 1949.

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I know the birth year 1917 is most often quoted, but in the 1920 census (enumerated 3 February 1920) he is shown as age 7, and in the 1930 census (enumerated 24 April 1930) he is shown as aged 18. It was as late as 1942 before he adopted the birth year 1917. As there is less margin for error by 1920 than by 1930, I submit that the birth year 1912 should be used (rather than 1911). See BARE, page 190.

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Some may know these, but let's get them get them down for reference.


John Lee Hooker Pseudonyms followed by the record labels on which they were employed.





John Lee Booker - Chance, Chess, Deluxe, Gone, Rockin'

The Boogie Man - Acorn

Little Pork Chops - Danceland

Johnny Williams - Gotham, Prize, Staff, Swingtime

John Lee - Gotham

Texas Slim - King

John Lee Cooker - King

Delta John - Regent

Birmingham Sam And His Magic Guitar - Savoy

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In Deep with Early Blues Masters John Lee Hooker and Lightnin' Hopkins — Video
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