John Lee Hooker
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August 21, 1912
Tutwiler, Mississippi, USA
Acting
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.
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The Blues Brothers
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The Blues
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The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
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John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
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Blues at the BBC
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John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
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John Lee Hooker and Furry Lewis - Masters of Blues
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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
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Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
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Feel Like Going Home
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The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
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Movie2009United StatesCharacter: Self (archive footage)Credit: Acting
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
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Movie2004United StatesCharacter: SelfCredit: Acting
Blues at the BBC
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Movie2009United StatesCharacter: SelfCredit: Acting
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
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Movie2001United StatesCredit: Acting
John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances 1960-1984
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Movie2001United StatesCharacter: himselfCredit: Acting
John Lee Hooker and Furry Lewis - Masters of Blues
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Movie1994United StatesCharacter: SelfCredit: Acting
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
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Movie2008UKCharacter: SelfCredit: Acting
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
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Movie1993United StatesCharacter: SelfCredit: Acting
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
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Movie1997United StatesCharacter: SelfCredit: Acting
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
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Movie2014United StatesUKCharacter: SelfCredit: Acting
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
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Movie2002United StatesCharacter: HimselfCredit: Acting
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
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Movie2019United StatesCharacter: SelfCredit: Acting
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
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Movie1992United StatesCredit: Acting
John Lee Hooker - The South Bank Show
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Movie1993ItaliaRegno UnitoCharacter: vocals, guitarCredit: Acting
Van Morrison: One Irish Rover
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Movie1991UKUnited StatesCharacter: SelfCredit: Acting
Feel Like Going Home
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Movie2003United StatesCharacter: SelfCredit: Acting
Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker
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Movie2006United StatesCharacter: HimselfCredit: Acting
John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990
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Movie2019United StatesCharacter: HimselfCredit: Acting
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
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Movie2025United StatesCharacter: Self (archive footage)Credit: Acting
Rolling With the Blues
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Movie2007United StatesCharacter: Self (archive footage)Credit: Acting