John Lee Hooker

Born: 
08/22/1917
City: 
Coahoma County
Region: 
Mississippi
Country: 
USA
Died: 
06/21/2001
Years Active: 
1948-2001
Genre(s): 
Blues
Detroit Blues
Instruments: 
Guitar, Vocals
Notable Equipment: 
1952 Gibson Les Paul
Former Members: 
Boogie Woogie Red
Eddie "Guitar" Burns
Curtis Foster
Eddie Kirkland
Sammy Lawhorn
Chester "Geno" Skaggs
Ken Swank
James Watkins
Tom Whitehead
Associated Artists: 
Paul Asbell
Lefty Bates
Mel Brown
Canned Heat
Joe Cocker
Jesse Ed Davis
Jim Gordon
Don "Sugarcane" Harris
Louis Hayes
Earl Hooker
Sam Jones
John Kahn
Steve Miller
Van Morrison
Charlie Musselwhite
Mark Naftalin
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
Carl Radle
Melvin Ragin
Bonnie Raitt
Wally Richardson
Howard Roberts
Carlos Santana
Roosevelt "Snake" Shaw
Otis Spann
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
Muddy Waters
Quinn Wilson
Recorded With: 
Memphis Slim
Image Credit: 
By Jean-Luc - originally posted to Flickr as John Lee Hooker, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6751149

Discography

Helpless Blues / Goin' Mad Blues
Released: 1949
Landing Blues / Low Down Midnite Boogie
Released: 1949
Black Man Blues / Stomp Boogie
Released: 1949
Do the Boogie / Morning Blues
Released: 1949
Huckle Up Baby / Canal Street Blues
Released: 1949
My Baby’s Got Somethin’ / Decoration Day Blues
Released: 1950
Boogie Chillen #2 / Miss Eloise
Released: 1950
Give Me Your Phone Number / Roll N' Roll
Released: 1950
Notoriety Woman / Never Satisfied
Released: 1950
Howlin' Wolf / Playin' The Races
Released: 1950
Miss Lorraine / Talkin' Boogie
Released: 1951
Mad Man Blues / Boogie Now
Released: 1951
Cold Chills All Over Me / Rock Me Mama
Released: 1952
609 Boogie / Road Trouble
Released: 1952
Graveyard Blues / I Love to Boogie
Released: 1952
Ride 'til I Die / It's Stormin' & Rainin'
Released: 1953
Please Take Me Back / Love Money Can't Buy
Released: 1953
Too Much Boogie / Need Somebody
Released: 1953
I Came to See You Baby / I'm A Boogie Man
Released: 1953
Cool Little Car / Bad Boy
Released: 1954
Jump Me / I Wonder Little Darling
Released: 1954
I Tried Hard / Let’s Talk It Over
Released: 1954
Lookin' For A Woman / I'm Ready
Released: 1955
Taxi Driver / You Receive Me
Released: 1955
Hug & Squeeze / The Syndicator
Released: 1955
Wobbling Baby / Goin' South
Released: 1955
Burning Hell
Released: 1959
609 Boogie / Curl My Baby's Hair
Released: 1959
I'm John Lee Hooker
Released: 1959
The Blues
Released: 1960
That's My Story
Released: 1960
House of the Blues
Released: 1960
Travelin'
Released: 1960
John Lee Hooker Plays & Sings the Blues
Released: 1961
The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker
Released: 1961
Folk Blues
Released: 1962
John Lee Hooker Sings the Blues
Released: 1962
Burnin'
Released: 1962
The Great John Lee Hooker
Released: 1963
Don't Turn Me From Your Door
Released: 1963
The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker
Released: 1963
The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker
Released: 1963
I'm Leaving / Birmingham Blues
Released: 1963
Sings The Blues (Ember)
Released: 1964
...And Seven Nights
Released: 1965
The Real Folk Blues
Released: 1966
It Serve You Right To Suffer
Released: 1966
Live at Cafe Au Go Go
Released: 1967
Urban Blues
Released: 1967
Get Back Home In The U.S.A.
Released: 1969
That's Where It's At!
Released: 1969
No Friend Around
Released: 1969
Simply The Truth
Released: 1969
Alone
Released: 1970
If You Miss 'Im ... I Got 'Im
Released: 1970
Hooker 'N' Heat
Released: 1971
Goin' Down Highway 51
Released: 1971
Endless Boogie
Released: 1971
Coast to Coast Blues Band
Released: 1971
Johnny Lee
Released: 1972
Dark Muddy Bottom Blues
Released: 1972
Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
Released: 1972
John Lee Hooker's Detroit
Released: 1973
This Is How It All Began (Vol.1)
Released: 1973
Kabuki Wuki
Released: 1973
Free Beer & Chicken
Released: 1974
The Rare Recordings
Released: 1977
Hooker, Hopkins & Hogg
Released: 1977
The Cream
Released: 1978
Live+Well
Released: 1978
Alone Volume 1
Released: 1980
Southern Blues (Roots of Rock N' Roll Vol. 11)
Released: 1981
Jealous
Released: 1986
Detroit Blues
Released: 1987
Get Back Home
Released: 1988
Alone Volume 2
Released: 1989
The Healer
Released: 1989
Boogie Awhile (CD)
Released: 1990
Boogie Awhile (LP)
Released: 1990
Mr. Lucky
Released: 1991
The Legendary Modern Recordings 1948-1954
Released: 1993
Blues Summit
Released: 1993
On Stage
Released: 1993
The Rising Sun Collection
Released: 1994
The Complete 50's Chess Recordings
Released: 1998
Unknown John Lee Hooker: 1949 Recordings
Released: 2000
Face To Face
Released: 2003
I'm a Boogie Man: The Essential Masters 1948-1953
Released: 2004

Concerts

Event Datesort descending Venue City Region Country
Recording Session 06/12/1948 Barbee's Record Store Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 09/01/1948 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 09/03/1948 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 11/01/1948 Barbee's Record Store Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 12/01/1948 Barbee's Record Store Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 02/18/1949 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 07/01/1949 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 08/01/1949 JVB Recording Company Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 09/01/1949 JVB Recording Company Detroit Michigan USA
John Lee Hooker 10/18/1949 Gene Deitch Home Detroit Michigan USA
Jazz @ the Broadway 11/05/1949 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 12/01/1949 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 02/08/1950 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 04/28/1950 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 11/16/1950 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 03/01/1951 JVB Recording Company Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 04/02/1951 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 08/07/1951 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
John Lee Hooker 08/31/1951 Music Inn Lenox Massachusetts USA
John Lee Hooker 03/04/1952 Bijou Theatre Nashville Tennessee USA
Recording Session 04/24/1952 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 12/03/1952 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 06/26/1953 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 08/01/1953 United Sound Studios Detroit Michigan USA
Recording Session 09/01/1953 JVB Recording Company Detroit Michigan USA

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