John Lee Hooker
1912-08-22 (1912)Tutwiler, Mississippi, USAActing
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
TV • 1964
The Blues
TV • 2003
The Blues Brothers
MOVIE • 1980
Feel Like Going Home
MOVIE • 2003
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
MOVIE • 2009
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
MOVIE • 2020
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
TV • 2017
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
MOVIE • 1991
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
MOVIE • 1993
Blues at the BBC
MOVIE • 2009
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
MOVIE • 2004
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
MOVIE • 2008
Van Morrison: The Concert
MOVIE • 1990
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
MOVIE • 2001
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
MOVIE • 2025
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
MOVIE • 2019
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
MOVIE • 2014
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
MOVIE • 2020