John Lee Hooker

vocal, guitar, performer, producer, electric guitar, arranger, resonator guitar, 12 string guitar

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Henry Stone producer Blue Monday, Don’t Turn Me From Your Door, Drifting Blues, Goin’ South, Guitar Lovin’ Man, I Ain’t Got Nobody, Love My Baby, Misbelieving Baby, My Baby Don’t Love Me, My Baby Put Me Down, Pouring Down Rain, Real Real Gone, Stuttering Blues, Talk About Your Baby, Wobbling Baby, You Lost a Good Man
Bernard Besman producer, recording Come Back Baby, Crying All Night, Forgive Me, Johnny Lee’s Mood, Just Like a Woman, Lord Taketh My Baby Away, Miss Eloise, Miss Eloise, Moon Is Rising, She Was in Chicago, Street Is Filled With Women, Throw This Old Dog a Bone, Turnin’ Gray Blues, Welfare Blues, Whistle Done Blown
Van Morrison performer, producer, vocal, guitar Ain’t No Big Thing, Blues Before Sunrise, Don’t Look Back, Frisco Blues, I Love You Honey, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, Never Get of This Blues Alive (feat. Van Morrison), Rainy Day, Red House, Spellbound, The Healing Game, Travellin’ Blues
JJ McCarthy (Psychedelic trance artist)
Eddie Kirkland (US blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer & songwriter) vocal, bass, guitar Back Biter and Syndicaters, Back Biters and Syndicators, Blue Monday, Down Child, Guitar Lovin’ Man, I’m in the Mood, Just Me and My Telephone, Louise, Pouring Down Rain, Think Twice Before You Go

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Henry Stone producer Blue Monday, Don’t Turn Me From Your Door, Drifting Blues, Goin’ South, Guitar Lovin’ Man, I Ain’t Got Nobody, Love My Baby, Misbelieving Baby, My Baby Don’t Love Me, My Baby Put Me Down, Pouring Down Rain, Real Real Gone, Stuttering Blues, Talk About Your Baby, Wobbling Baby, You Lost a Good Man
Bernard Besman producer, recording Come Back Baby, Crying All Night, Forgive Me, Johnny Lee’s Mood, Just Like a Woman, Lord Taketh My Baby Away, Miss Eloise, Miss Eloise, Moon Is Rising, She Was in Chicago, Street Is Filled With Women, Throw This Old Dog a Bone, Turnin’ Gray Blues, Welfare Blues, Whistle Done Blown
Van Morrison performer, producer, vocal, guitar Ain’t No Big Thing, Blues Before Sunrise, Don’t Look Back, Frisco Blues, I Love You Honey, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, Never Get of This Blues Alive (feat. Van Morrison), Rainy Day, Red House, Spellbound, The Healing Game, Travellin’ Blues
Eddie Kirkland (US blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer & songwriter) vocal, bass, guitar Back Biter and Syndicaters, Back Biters and Syndicators, Blue Monday, Down Child, Guitar Lovin’ Man, I’m in the Mood, Just Me and My Telephone, Louise, Pouring Down Rain, Think Twice Before You Go
Eddie Burns guitar, harmonica I Put My Trust in You, I’ll Never Trust Your Love Again, I’m in the Mood, Johnny Lee’s Mood, Let’s Go Out Tonight, Miss Eloise, Miss Eloise, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, Peace Lovin’ Man, Stella Mae, You Know, I Know
Ron Malo editor I Put My Trust in You, I’ll Never Trust Your Love Again, I’m in the Mood, Let’s Go Out Tonight, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, Peace Lovin’ Man, Stella Mae, The Waterfront, You Know, I Know
Ralph Bass producer I Put My Trust in You, I’ll Never Trust Your Love Again, I’m in the Mood, Let’s Go Out Tonight, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, Peace Lovin’ Man, Stella Mae, The Waterfront, You Know, I Know
Eddie Taylor (Electric blues guitarist & singer) bass, bass guitar, guitar Baby Lee, Back Biter and Syndicaters, Back Biters and Syndicators, Cry Before I Go, Dimples, I Love You Honey, The Motor City Is Burning, Think Twice Before You Go
Gino Skaggs bass, bass guitar, electric bass guitar Boogie With the Hook, Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Country Boy, Hit the Road, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U, T.B. Sheets
Andres Durham (guitar player) guitar Ground Hog Blues, High Priced Woman, Leave My Wife Alone, Louise, Ramblin’ by Myself, Union Station Blues
Robert Hooker electric piano, organ, piano Boogie With the Hook, Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Country Boy, Hit the Road, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, T.B. Sheets
Ernest Hayes (American pianist, organist and arranger) organ, piano I Don’t Wanna Go to Vietnam, I’m Just a Drifter, Mean Mean Woman, Mini Skirts, Tantalizing With the Blues
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie drums I Don’t Wanna Go to Vietnam, I’m Just a Drifter, Mean Mean Woman, Mini Skirts, Tantalizing With the Blues
Mel Brown (blues guitarist) bass guitar, guitar Boogie With the Hook, Country Boy, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U, Letter to My Baby
Luther Tucker guitar Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Hit the Road, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, Letter to My Baby, T.B. Sheets
Ken Swank drums Boogie With the Hook, Hit the Road, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U, T.B. Sheets
William Powell (bass) bass I Don’t Wanna Go to Vietnam, I’m Just a Drifter, Mean Mean Woman, Mini Skirts, Tantalizing With the Blues
Panama Francis drums Bottle Up & Go, It Serve You Right to Suffer, It Serves Me Right to Suffer, Shake It Baby, Shake it Baby
Wally Richardson guitar I Don’t Wanna Go to Vietnam, I’m Just a Drifter, Mean Mean Woman, Mini Skirts, Tantalizing With the Blues
Milt Hinton bass, double bass Bottle Up & Go, It Serve You Right to Suffer, It Serves Me Right to Suffer, Shake It Baby, Shake it Baby
Hele Rosenthal harmonica I Don’t Wanna Go to Vietnam, I’m Just a Drifter, Mean Mean Woman, Mini Skirts, Tantalizing With the Blues
Barry Galbraith guitar Bottle Up & Go, It Serve You Right to Suffer, It Serves Me Right to Suffer, Shake It Baby, Shake it Baby
Roy Rogers (US blues guitarist & producer) producer Boogie at Russian Hill, Boom Boom, I'm Bad Like Jesse James, The Blues Will Never Die, Tupelo
Clifford Coulter electric piano, guitar, piano Bumblebee, Bumblebee, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U, Letter to My Baby
Mark Naftalin guitar, piano Boogie With the Hook, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U, Letter to My Baby
Phil Upchurch bass, bass guitar Back Biters and Syndicators, Cry Before I Go, The Motor City Is Burning, Think Twice Before You Go
Al Duncan drums Back Biter and Syndicaters, Back Biters and Syndicators, The Motor City Is Burning, Think Twice Before You Go
Al Smith (US blues artist) producer Back Biters and Syndicators, The Motor City Is Burning, Think Twice Before You Go
Louis Myers (Blues musician, 1929-1994) harmonica Back Biter and Syndicaters, Back Biters and Syndicators, Think Twice Before You Go
Charlie Musselwhite harmonica Country Boy, Hit the Road, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
Bob Thiele producer I'm Bad Like Jesse James, It Serves Me Right to Suffer, Shake It Baby
Ron E. Beck drums Bumblebee, Bumblebee, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, Letter to My Baby
Andrew Dunham guitar Street Is Filled With Women, Whistle Done Blown
Elvin Bishop guitar, slide guitar Country Boy, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
Joe Hunter piano Boom Boom, I Love You Honey
Chuck Crimelli drums Country Boy, I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
George Washington (1950s bassist) bass Baby Lee, Dimples
Michael White (American jazz violinist) violin Boogie With the Hook, T.B. Sheets
Steve Miller (leader of Steve Miller Band) guitar, organ, piano I’ll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U
Tom Whitehead drums Baby Lee, Dimples
Wayne Bennett (blues guitarist) guitar Cry Before I Go, The Motor City Is Burning
Benny Benjamin drums Boom Boom
Hank Crosby tenor saxophone Boom Boom
Benny Rowe slide guitar Bumblebee, Bumblebee
James Jamerson bass Boom Boom
Jimmy Turner drums No Shoes
John Kahn electric bass guitar Letter to My Baby
Bill Grauer, Jr. producer Tupelo Blues
Lafayette Leake piano One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Larry Taylor (US bassist) bass guitar My Dream
Lefty Bates guitar No Shoes
Los Lobos producer Dimples
Louis Hayes drums I Need Some Money
Bill Lee (bassist, composer, father of Spike Lee) double bass Tupolo (or Backwater Blues)
Billy Ingram drums Kick Hit 4 Hit Kix U
Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson guitar I'm Bad Like Jesse James
Mac Arnold bass I'm Bad Like Jesse James
Mario Caldato Jr. engineer, producer Dimples
Booker T. Jones organ Red House
Bruce Gary drums Red House
Buddy Guy guitar The Motor City Is Burning
Muddy Waters (blues musician) guitar I'm Bad Like Jesse James
Otis Spann piano I'm Bad Like Jesse James
Paul Wood guitar Boogie With the Hook
Phil Chen bass Red House
Randy California guitar Red House
Ray MacCarty (guitarist) guitar Letter to My Baby
Richard Johnson (drummer) drums I Love You Honey
Sam Jones (jazz bassist) bass I Need Some Money
Sammy Lawhorn guitar I'm Bad Like Jesse James
Sylvester Hickman bass No Shoes
Everett McCrary bass I Love You Honey
Fito de la Parra drums My Dream
Francey Clay drums I'm Bad Like Jesse James
Fred Below drums One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Van Morrison vocal Wasted Years
JJ McCarthy performer Baby Please Don't Go, Cover the Waterfront, Don't Look Back, Frisco Blues, Goin' Down, I Cover the Waterfront, Never Get Out of These Blues Alive, Serves Me Right, Serves Me Right to Suffer/Syndicator, Shakin’ All Over / Gloria, When the Sun Goes Down
Driftmoon vocal, guitar Bank Robbery, Blackmail, Coming to Town, Harry Sets Up Sutton, Murder, Sawmill
Michael Osborn producer, vocal, guitar Little Miss Blues, Mabel, Shake It Down
The Avengers vocal, guitar End Credits, Harry and Dolly
Phil Morris performer Ali d'oro, I Lay Down
Jack Nitzsche vocal, guitar Harry’s Philosophy, Moanin’
Branford Marsalis vocal, guitar Mabel
Olo Walicki performer Don't Make Me No Never Mind
Big Head Todd and The Monsters vocal Boom Boom
Rebecca Elliott vocal, guitar Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
Renzo Tarabusi vocal, guitar Sally Mae
Rue Duo vocal, guitar That’s Alright
Brezno vocal, guitar Burning Hell
Christian Vetterli performer Boom Boom
Νίκος Καρώνης vocal, electric guitar Gloria
Keith Struan Robertson performer Put Your Hand on Me
Lenine Santos vocal, guitar Cuttin’ Out
Lisa Ponton vocal, guitar Baby Lee
Dana Murray performer Boogie Chillen