John Lee Hooker
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-08-22 (89 years old)
Deathday
2001-06-21
Place of Birth
Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
Also known As
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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
1980
The Blues Brothers
as Street Slim
2009
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
as Himself
2002
1983
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
as Himself
2020
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
as Himself
1997
2014
1993
2003
2019
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
as himself
1993
John Lee Hooker - The South Bank Show
as vocals, guitar
1991
1990
Van Morrison: The Concert
as Self
2020
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
as Self - Special Guest
2009
Blues at the BBC
as Self
2003
Feel Like Going Home
as Self
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