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Birthday
Aug 22, 1912 (112 years old)
Death date
Jun 21, 2001
John Lee Hooker
Known For
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
A history and tribute to British Jim Marshall's amplifiers, which...
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
Documentary looking at how Detroit became home to a musical...
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians...
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
This hour long collection of clips presents 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.
Acting
2020
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
2014
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2008
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
2006
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
2003
Feel Like Going Home
2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2002
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
2001
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
1997
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
1993
John Lee Hooker - The South Bank Show
1992
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
1991
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
1990
Van Morrison: The Concert