John Lee Hooker
Birthday: 1912-08-22
Place of Birth: 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.
Movies
The Blues Brothers
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home whe...
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The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
On October 29th and 30th, 2009, rock 'n' roll royalty held court at Madison Square Garden for what h...
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Muddy Waters at Newport
A hugely groundbreaking and influential live recording, that set the tone for generations of Blues a...
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John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
Come And See About Me illustrates the career of John Lee Hooker through complete archival performanc...
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Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
The blues legend John Lee Hooker was the last great King of the Mississippi Delta Blues, and his unm...
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John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
A teenage runaway who never went to school, John Lee Hooker had trouble spelling his name, even into...
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Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
Documentary looking at how Detroit became home to a musical revolution that captured the sound of a ...
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John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
This hour long collection of clips presents John Lee Hooker in a variety of settings, playing both w...
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John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1983
The 1983 show kicks off with a simmering version of Hooker’s mid-60s single “Serves Me Right To Suff...
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John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
The 1990 show finds Hooker making a triumphant return to the Montreux stage with an expanded band th...
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Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
Wired For Sound documents the role of the Gibson guitar throughout the evolution of rock music....
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Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
A history and tribute to British Jim Marshall's amplifiers, which since then became the standard of ...
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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation...
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The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this rel...
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John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
John Lee Hooker was one of the greatest bluesmen of the 20th century. Born into poverty and racial s...
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John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
John Lee Hooker is one of the few legendary bluesmen to crack the MTV barrier. He has recorded and p...
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Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
One Irish Rover, a documentary focusing on the words and music of Van Morrison, was broadcast in 199...
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Van Morrison: The Concert
Van Morrison: The Concert is the second video released by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morri...
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The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Live
Having not hit the road for most of the 80s, The Steel Wheels Tour was an astounding return for the ...
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Blues at the BBC
Collection of performances by British and American blues artists on BBC programmes such as The Beat ...
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Feel Like Going Home
Martin Scorsese traces the roots of the blues from the Mississippi Delta back to West Africa, journe...
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Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Powerful music leaps from the air and can change the actual world. At the Newport Folk Festivals in ...
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