This single-disc, 31-cut collection features early recordings by
Rory Block
and
Stefan Grossman
who, in 1963, were already pretty much
blues
guitar masters and interpreted the
country blues
and many of its prewar styles with acumen. Some of it is a bit staid in retrospect, but then these were young people playing very serious music. It was so serious, in fact, that they even got
Son House
to sing on a couple of cuts. Also included here is an instructional tab booklet and CD-R presentation n how to play the
guitar by
Grossman
. ~ Thom Jurek