Various Artists - Legends of the Delta Blues (Region 1 Import DVD)

The Mississippi Delta is the source of America's deep and pervasive blues tradition. This program, comprised in part of rare private footage, presents the power of Delta blues legends Son House (five songs), John Lee Hooker (two songs), Johnny Shines (seven songs) and Bukka White (three songs) as they performed in the 1960s and `70s. This music has mesmerized everyone from a young Muddy Waters to today's blues rockers. Its earthy vitality remains fresh in rare performances rife with slide guitars, driving rhythms, and songs as searing as a hellhound's bay across the Delta darkness.