John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker (88)

1912-08-22 - 2001-06-21 | Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA

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.

On Movies

  • The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
  • John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
  • John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
  • Van Morrison: The Concert
  • The Blues Brothers
  • Muddy Waters at Newport

On Series

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