John Lee Hooker

Rate Person

John Lee Hooker

Acting

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.

Films Featuring John Lee Hooker

The Blues Brothers

19807.7

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

20097.9

Muddy Waters at Newport

Muddy Waters at Newport

1960

John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me

20046.8

Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker

2006

John Lee Hooker - That's My Story

20015.4

Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges

2008

John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984

John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984

2002

John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983

1983

John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990

20205.0

Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey

1997

Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall

20146.5

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

19937.5

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1

2003

John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man

2019

John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992

1992

Van Morrison: One Irish Rover

1991

Van Morrison: The Concert

19905.7

The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live

19898.2

Blues at the BBC

20097.5

Feel Like Going Home

20038.5

Newport and the Great Folk Dream

2025

Rolling With the Blues

2007

John Lee Hooker and Furry Lewis - Masters of Blues

John Lee Hooker and Furry Lewis - Masters of Blues

19956.5