Ellis Hooks was born on 1974 and is an American soul blues and electric blues singer and songwriter, who has released eight albums to date.
10 Facts About Ellis Hooks
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Ellis Hooks was born in Bay Minette, Alabama, United States, to a Cherokee mother and an African American father, who was a Baptist raised sharecropper.
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Subsequently hitchhiking across the United States, Ellis Hooks travelled around Europe, residing in Paris and Amsterdam, before relocating to New York in his mid-twenties.
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Ellis Hooks secured headline status at the BBC's World Music Festival in 2003, and opened for Terence Trent D'Arby.
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Ellis Hooks performed with Carla Thomas at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
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Ellis Hooks's next recording, Godson of Soul, was produced by Jon Tiven, and included contributions from Steve Cropper and Wayne Jackson.
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Ellis Hooks appeared at the Kitchener Blues Festival in August 2014.
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In 2003, Ellis Hooks recorded his cover version of "Bulbs" for the Van Morrison tribute album, Vanthology: A Tribute to Van Morrison.
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Ellis Hooks performed similar duties in helping Little Milton record his album Think of Me in 2005.
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In 2006, Ellis Hooks backing vocals were part of Frank Black's release, Fast Man Raider Man.