John Lee Hooker
ActingBorn
August 22, 1912
Died
June 21, 2001
Place of Birth
Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
Biography
John Lee Hooker 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.
Known For
Top of the Pops
1964
The Blues Brothers
1980
The Blues
2003
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
2017
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
Feel Like Going Home
2003
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
1991
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
Filmography
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
2020
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
2019
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009
Blues at the BBC
2009
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
2008
Rolling With the Blues
2007
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
2006
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
2004
Feel Like Going Home
2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
2002
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2001
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
1997
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
1992
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
1991
Van Morrison: The Concert
1990
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
1989
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
1983
The Blues Brothers
1980
Muddy Waters at Newport
1960