
Person
John Lee Hooker
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 22, 1912
- Died
- Jun 21, 2001
- From
- 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.
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The Blues Brothers

Top of the Pops

The Blues

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

The South Bank Show

The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live

John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me

John Lee Hooker - That's My Story

Van Morrison: The Concert

Feel Like Going Home

Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

Blues at the BBC

John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990

Newport and the Great Folk Dream
John Lee Hooker and Furry Lewis - Masters of Blues
Muddy Waters at Newport

Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker