JOHN LEE HOOKER A PORTRAIT

1917-2001

1. THE GREATEST BLUES SINGER AND FOUNDER OF BOOGIE MUSIC STYLE A MIX OF COUNTRY-BLUES JAZZ.
2. John lee was born in Mississippi and was illiterate.His mother allowed him to listen only to religious songs.
3. His mother`s second husband was a blues singer and he introduced young john lee to the quitar.
4. 1948 best close example of the boogie style song BOOGIE CHILLEN.
5. When he learned that his dad was dead he runs away from home at the age of fifteen, never to see his mother and stepfather again.
6. He worked in factories and FORD MOTOR COMPANY, but kept hanging around in Bars and music lounges spreading his musical reputation around the country.
7. After traveling to various places along the country he finally sets himself in Detroit City.There he finds that the acoustic quitar does not satisfy him anymore , and he buys his first electric quitar