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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.
Total trailers found: 23
29 November 2009
On October 29th and 30th, 2009, rock 'n' roll royalty held court at Madison Square Garden for what have been called 'the best concerts ever,' and 'where rock 'n' roll history was made.
16 June 1980
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
08 March 1992
John Lee Hooker is one of the few legendary bluesmen to crack the MTV barrier. He has recorded and performed with a host of contemporary pop stars.
02 December 1997
Wired For Sound documents the role of the Gibson guitar throughout the evolution of rock music.
28 November 2014
A history and tribute to British Jim Marshall's amplifiers, which since then became the standard of rock'n'roll amplifiers ever since.
01 June 2004
Come And See About Me illustrates the career of John Lee Hooker through complete archival performances of his most popular songs, many featuring special guests.
07 March 2008
Documentary looking at how Detroit became home to a musical revolution that captured the sound of a nation in upheaval.
02 November 1993
Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation of rock 'n' roll in the '50s.
16 June 2001
A teenage runaway who never went to school, John Lee Hooker had trouble spelling his name, even into his eighties.
28 September 2003
Martin Scorsese traces the roots of the blues from the Mississippi Delta back to West Africa, journeying from the juke joints of Mississippi to the banks of the Niger River in Mali.
01 January 2002
This hour long collection of clips presents John Lee Hooker in a variety of settings, playing both with a band and as a solo artist.
01 July 2006
The blues legend John Lee Hooker was the last great King of the Mississippi Delta Blues, and his unmistakeable musical style made him known the world over.
16 March 1991
One Irish Rover, a documentary focusing on the words and music of Van Morrison, was broadcast in 1991 on BBC 2 Arena TV special and on A&E cable television program.
05 February 2007
Compilation of live performances by various blues artists.
01 January 2003
Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, etc.
27 April 2019
John Lee Hooker was one of the greatest bluesmen of the 20th century. Born into poverty and racial segregation, he lived through a monumental time in American history.
17 December 1989
Having not hit the road for most of the 80s, The Steel Wheels Tour was an astounding return for the Rolling Stones, not least as it was the longest tour they had by that point undertaken.
01 January 1990
Van Morrison: The Concert is the second video released by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, first released in 1990.
01 May 2009
Collection of performances by British and American blues artists on BBC programmes such as The Beat Room, A Whole Scene Going, The Old Grey Whistle Test and The Late Show.
05 September 2025
Powerful music leaps from the air and can change the actual world. At the Newport Folk Festivals in the early 1960s, the molecules were electric with rebellion and democracy, with anger and hope.
01 January 1983
The 1983 show kicks off with a simmering version of Hooker’s mid-60s single “Serves Me Right To Suffer.
01 January 2020
The 1990 show finds Hooker making a triumphant return to the Montreux stage with an expanded band that includes female vocalist Vala Cupp, an additional guitarist, and a sax player.
03 July 1960
A hugely groundbreaking and influential live recording, that set the tone for generations of Blues artist afterwards.
