John Lee Hooker - Come and See About Me: The Definitive DVD

Starring:John Lee Hooker
Studio: Eagle Vision USA
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Come And See About ME illustrates the career of John Lee Hooker through complete archival performances of his most popular songs, many featuring special guests. Includes tributes to "The King Of The Boogie" form a number of the guests and comments from John Lee Hooker himself.

Baby Please Don't Go - 1992 - with Van Morrison
Maudie - 1960
Hobo Blues - 1965
It Serves Me Right To Suffer - 1969
Crawlin' Kingsnake - 1978 - with Foghat
The Boogie - 1980
Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive - 1981
Worried Life Blues - 1981
Too Many Women - 1984
Boom Boom - 1984
I'm Bad Like Jesse James - 1986
I'm In the Mood - 1990 - with Bonnie Raitt
Bottle Up And Go - 1991 - with John Hammond
Tupelo Blues - 1993
Hobo Blues - 1990 - with Ry Cooder
The Healer - 1990 - with Carlos Santana
Boogie Chillen' - 1989 - with Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones
I Need Love So Bad - 1994

Format: DVD VIDEO
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The back cover promises "complete archival performances of [John Lee Hooker's] most popular songs," all courtesy of the Hooker estate. That's good news for anyone used to music programs containing only frustratingly brief clips of their subjects at work, and it's exactly what Come and See About Me delivers--in spades--in this superb, two-hour compilation featuring the late bluesman in live performance by himself, with various bands, and in collaborations with a host of famous partners. Hooker's blues was a dark, menacing, sexy sound, and some of the best moments here come when he is playing solo, with only his guitar, his stomping foot, and what guitarist Ry Cooder (who joins him for "Hobo Blues") calls his "deep, well-like" voice accompanying songs like "It Serves Me Right to Suffer" (from 1969) and "Bad Like Jesse James" (1986). But the collaborations are swell too, including those with Van Morrison, Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, John Hammond, and the Rolling Stones ("Boogie Chillen'" comes from the Stones' Steel Wheels tour, with Eric Clapton on hand as well); there's even an appearance with Brit blues rockers Foghat from 1978, with the great Paul Butterfield adding harmonica. The bonus features (a couple of interviews, discography, another "Boogie Chillen'" take) aren't much, but little matter--for blues fans, this is the motherlode. --Sam Graham

John Lee Hooker - Come and See About Me: The Definitive DVD
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Johnny Lee

Mr. Hooker ... One of Americas all time best.

Excellent!

Keeps going back into the player

Long Live The Boogie King

John Lee Hooker - Come and See About Me: The Definitive DVD
Starring: Paul Butterfield , The Rolling Stones , Eric Clapton , Ry Cooder , and John Lee Hooker
Manufacturer: Eagle Vision USA
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0001XAMH2
Release Date: 2004-06-01

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The back cover promises "complete archival performances of [John Lee Hooker's] most popular songs," all courtesy of the Hooker estate. That's good news for anyone used to music programs containing only frustratingly brief clips of their subjects at work, and it's exactly what Come and See About Me delivers--in spades--in this superb, two-hour compilation featuring the late bluesman in live performance by himself, with various bands, and in collaborations with a host of famous partners. Hooker's blues was a dark, menacing, sexy sound, and some of the best moments here come when he is playing solo, with only his guitar, his stomping foot, and what guitarist Ry Cooder (who joins him for "Hobo Blues") calls his "deep, well-like" voice accompanying songs like "It Serves Me Right to Suffer" (from 1969) and "Bad Like Jesse James" (1986). But the collaborations are swell too, including those with Van Morrison, Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, John Hammond, and the Rolling Stones ("Boogie Chillen'" comes from the Stones' Steel Wheels tour, with Eric Clapton on hand as well); there's even an appearance with Brit blues rockers Foghat from 1978, with the great Paul Butterfield adding harmonica. The bonus features (a couple of interviews, discography, another "Boogie Chillen'" take) aren't much, but little matter--for blues fans, this is the motherlode. --Sam Graham

Product Description

Come And See About ME illustrates the career of John Lee Hooker through complete archival performances of his most popular songs, many featuring special guests. Includes tributes to "The King Of The Boogie" form a number of the guests and comments from John Lee Hooker himself.

Baby Please Don't Go - 1992 - with Van Morrison
Maudie - 1960
Hobo Blues - 1965
It Serves Me Right To Suffer - 1969
Crawlin' Kingsnake - 1978 - with Foghat
The Boogie - 1980
Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive - 1981
Worried Life Blues - 1981
Too Many Women - 1984
Boom Boom - 1984
I'm Bad Like Jesse James - 1986
I'm In the Mood - 1990 - with Bonnie Raitt
Bottle Up And Go - 1991 - with John Hammond
Tupelo Blues - 1993
Hobo Blues - 1990 - with Ry Cooder
The Healer - 1990 - with Carlos Santana
Boogie Chillen' - 1989 - with Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones
I Need Love So Bad - 1994

Format: DVD VIDEO

Customer Reviews:

Johnny Lee.......2007-06-28

John Lee Hooker is a national treasure and anyone who grew up loving the blues, as I did, will have to have this DVD in their collection. Don't even consder passing on this one.

Mr. Hooker ... One of Americas all time best........2007-02-21

This DVD got 5 stars due to some great footage and interviews that I have never come across. The only down side is the fact that due to limited live recordings available, not only for Mr. Hooker, but all the blues greats, there is a fair share of footage that is also from other sources. It is a reminder of what a crime it is that these great musicians cannot be replaced, and we failed to record their work as we should have for future generations.
I hope we are not allowing current greats slip by the wayside.

Excellent!.......2004-09-27

I've watched this 4 times now. It's amazing how JLH could give you so much with and E chord and that steady driving foot stomp. The high points of this DVD for me were the interviews with JLH and the duet of "In the Mood" with Bonnie Raitt. This is a first class performance. I would highly recommend that anyone reading this review---who loves blues and blues history---buy this DVD.

Keeps going back into the player.......2004-07-12

I keep going back to this DVD to hear "Boogie Chillen", where the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton are the backup band, just to hear him sing and play. The inspiration for most of the Brisitsh rockers of the 60s and 70s, as Carlos Santana points out he influenced everyone in rock. On this DVD you notice Van Morrison, Santana, Clapton and others lifting his licks in their styles.

Great foot-stompin' boogie, but also killer blues from a giant talent. Not so much a greatest hits as an exploration of his style in role in defining the sound for blues rock.

Well worth the price.

Long Live The Boogie King.......2004-07-09

John Lee Hooker was the last of the unstructured real country Bluesmen. He was a semi-urbanized Robert Johnson-style one man band and was even born in Clarksdale, Mississippi where WC Handy had first seen slide guitar playing. I can remember seeing John Lee in Central Park in 1967 playing second fiddle to Al Kooper and the final stages of the Blues Project. He came out all alone, no band, just a chair and blew them totally away. You can't beat the real thing! This DVD is a definite must have for any Blues fan. As the ranks of real Blues originals diminishes we need to cling on to these type of records. This compilation is well edited and put together. It is over two hours long which is what Blues fans want.

The songs are a great overview of JLH's career including his classic Newport Jazz Festival appearance and his famous 1965 European American Folk Blues Festival version of "Hobo Blues". Also included is a track from his excellent 1980s "Maintenance Shop Blues" appearance (I wish they would re-release the Albert King Set!).

All in all this is a wonderful compilation. It shows Hooker in all stages of his playing; by himself, with various guest artists, with bands and of course with Santana doing "The Healer". I would also strongly recommend the two JLH DVD's from Vestapol: "John Lee Hooker and Friends" and "John Lee Hooker:Rare Performances"(Amazon can get these by Special Order). This DVD is must for all Blues and American Music fans!

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