John Lee Hooker

Born: 1912-08-22, Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA

Died: 2001-06-21

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.

Filmography

• The Blues Brothers (1980)
• John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990 (2020)
• John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983 (1983)
• John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992 (1992)
• Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker (2006)
• The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 (2003)
• John Lee Hooker - That's My Story (2001)