John Lee Hooker
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
Top of the Pops
The Blues Brothers
The Blues
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Feel Like Going Home
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
All Movies (23)
- Newport and the Great Folk Dream2025 · as Self (archive footage)
- John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 19902020 · as Himself
- John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man2019 · as Self
- Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall2014 · as Self
- The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts2009 · as Self (archive footage)
- Blues at the BBC2009 · as Self
- Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges2008 · as Self
- Rolling With the Blues2007 · as Self (archive footage)
- Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker2006 · as Himself
- John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me2004 · as Self
- Feel Like Going Home2003 · as Self
- The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 12003 · as Himself
- John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-19842002 · as himself
- John Lee Hooker - That's My Story2001
- Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey1997 · as Self
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music1993 · as Self
- John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-19921992
- Van Morrison: One Irish Rover1991 · as Self
- Van Morrison: The Concert1990 · as Self
- The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live1989 · as Self - Special Guest
- John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 19831983 · as Himself
- The Blues Brothers1980 · as Street Slim
- Muddy Waters at Newport1960
All TV Shows (3)
- Monochrome: Black, White & Blue2017 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Blues2003 · as Self (archive footage)
- Top of the Pops1964 · as Self