Given the question: What key details about john lee hooker can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: john lee hooker -lrb- august 22 , 1917 -- june 21 , 2001 -rrb- 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 ' '' -lrb- 1948 -rrb- , '' crawling king snake '' -lrb- 1949 -rrb- , '' dimples '' -lrb- 1956 -rrb- , '' boom boom '' -lrb- 1962 -rrb- , and '' one bourbon , one scotch , one beer '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- -- the first being the most popular race record of 1949 .
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- instrument is guitar , vocals- death place is los altos , california , united states- years active is 1943 -- 2001- landscape is yes- caption is john festival , california , august 31 , 1997 lee hooker performing at the long beach blues- label is modern , verve , bluesway , atco , king , specialty , , impulse ! , point blank , vee-jay , chess , savoy , atlantic- death date is 21 june 2001- genre is blues- notable instruments is epiphone sheraton- birth date is 22 august 1917- name is john lee hooker- background is solo_singer- image is johnleehooker1997.jpg- birth place is coahoma county , mississippi , united states- associated acts is canned heat- occupation is musician