John Lee Hooker
Born: 1912-08-22 · Tutwiler, Mississippi, USADied: 2001-06-21
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.
Filmography
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
5.0
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
2020
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
2019
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
2017
6.5
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014
7.9
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009
7.5
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
6.8
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
2004
8.5
Feel Like Going Home
2003
7.4
The Blues
2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
2002
5.4
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2001
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
1997
7.5
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
1992
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
1991
5.7
Van Morrison: The Concert
1990
8.2
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
1989
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
1983
7.7
The Blues Brothers
1980
6.7
Top of the Pops
1964
Muddy Waters at Newport
Muddy Waters at Newport
1960