John Lee Hooker
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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
Credits
The Blues Brothers (1980)
as Street Slim
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 (2003)
as Himself
Feel Like Going Home (2003)
as Self
Blues at the BBC (2009)
as Self
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live (1989)
as Self - Special Guest
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall (2014)
as Self
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992 (1992)
Actor
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993)
as Self
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges (2008)
as Self
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me (2004)
as Self
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story (2001)
Actor
Rolling With the Blues (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey (1997)
as Self
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover (1991)
as Self
Newport and the Great Folk Dream (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984 (2002)
as himself
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983 (1983)
as Himself
Muddy Waters at Newport (1960)
Actor
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man (2019)
as Self
Van Morrison: The Concert (1990)
as Self
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990 (2020)
as Himself
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker (2006)
as Himself