Filmed just one year before his death, this musical documentary takes audiences inside the life and times of the great Blues legend and the music that influenced a rising generation of rockers. John Lee tells the tale himself, with help from his family and musical colleagues including Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt and Carlos Santana. From his youth as the son of a sharecropper, through his experiences touring the Jim Crow South, to his performances in San Francisco's Boom Boom Room during the last few years of his life, this film chronicles Hooker's path to becoming "The Godfather of Blues". Jam packed with live footage.