This collection centers on the prolific
John Lee Hooker's recordings for Vee Jay Records, and is actually a stand-alone version of the ninth disc from Portrait, Past Perfect's massive ten-disc box set retrospective of his career. Some of this material is as smooth as
Hooker ever got (relatively speaking, of course). Check out "Onions" here to get a glimpse of what
Hooker might have sounded like in a parallel universe backed up by
Booker T. & the MG's and
the Memphis Horns. ~ Steve Leggett