John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker is, to me, the most physical of bluesmen. Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi and forged in Detroit, he played by feel rather than rule, often ignoring bar lines and chord changes to ride a single hypnotic groove powered by his stomping foot. That refusal to be tamed is exactly why his sound never aged. A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a Walk of Fame star all came, yet the music stayed gloriously raw. He died in 2001, but that low, gravelly drone still lands somewhere in the gut. The real thing simply doesn't date.

Name (English)

John Lee Hooker

Name (Japanese)

ジョン・リー・フッカー

Reading

じょん・りー・ふっかー

Born

August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

Origin

Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States

Occupation

guitarist / singer / singer-songwriter / composer / recording artist

Awards & achievements

• 2000 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.johnleehooker.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Lee%20Hooker
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44570

Tags

• Mississippi
• guitarist
• singer
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-18

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