John Lee Hooker
Born: 1912-08-22
Birthplace: Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
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
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
Feel Like Going Home
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Blues at the BBC
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
Top Movie Credits
The Blues Brothers
Street Slim
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Self (archive footage)
Feel Like Going Home
Self
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Self (archive footage)
Blues at the BBC
Self