"Legends of Traditional Fingerstyle Guitar captures performances by a handful of guitar pickers who specialize in a regionally specific style of playing that emerged from the rural areas of the American south. Included in this collection are performances by Merle Travis, Mance Lipscomb, Doc & Merle Watson, Rev. Gary Davis, Elizabeth Cotton, Brownie McGhee, Roscoe Holcomb, Josh White, and Sam McGee."