Born 101 years ago today (maybe), John Lee Hooker

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Hat tip, Michael Dolan:

Michael Dolan Retweeted:

Remembering John Lee Hooker, born on this day in 1917 in Tutwiler, Mississippi. Here he is in 1965 playing “Hobo Blues.”

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John Lee Hooker

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. 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.
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Early life
Hooker's date of birth is a subject of debate; the years 1912, 1915, 1917, 1920, and 1923 have been suggested. Most sources give 1917, though at times Hooker stated he was born in 1920. Information in the 1920 and 1930 censuses indicates that he was born in 1912. In 2017, a series of events took place to celebrate the purported centenary of his birth.

Many DUers will remember him best for this:

You've surely heard George Thorogood's cover of this:

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1. Love John Lee Hooker - thank you for posting this!