![]() The nine-minute "Boogie" number he does with Foghat and Paul Butterfield ALONE is worth the price of this DVD. He isn't that modest about where he stands among blues greats, but who can argue? Not me, because I enjoyed every song in here. "The Boogie Man," as John Lee refers to himself here, had a unique sound of his own and he knew it. Mostly, you hear him sing, and that's why I got this DVD. You see some black-and-white footage of him way back in 1960 at the Newport Jazz Festival, through other TV and concert performances, all the way to the 1990s. It does span three decades of John Lee Hooker's singing career, so you get both Hooker seen in many concerts and you also get many famous singers talking about him. This has more of a concert feel to it than a documentary. It features one of the all-time greats and a lot of his music, all done by him. If you love the blues, you will love this DVD: plain and simple.
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