John Lee Hooker was perhaps the most recognizable and revered of the great post war bluesmen • His recording and performance career spanned six decades, ending on a career high in the 1990s • Hooker made some of the genre's most iconic recordings and collected a legion of acolytes including Van Morrison, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, and Bonnie Raitt • the 2 CDs include many of his most vital and enduring recordings, including 'Boom, Boom', 'Crawlin' King Snake', 'Whiskey and Wimmen' and many more • the rare performance on the DVD was videotaped by a local cable television broadcaster on 6 July 1974 in front of 6,000 people at a festival in Massachusetts, and captures Hooker in fine form.