John Lee Hooker
Department: 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.
Known For
The Blues Brothers
1980
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009
Muddy Waters at Newport
1960
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
2004
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
2006
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
2001
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
2008
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
2002
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
1983
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
2020
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
1997
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
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
1990
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
2020
Blues at the BBC
2009
Feel Like Going Home
2003
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
2025
Rolling With the Blues
2007
Top of the Pops
1964
The Blues
2003
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
2017