's acknowledged major influences are and , and he performed their songs frequently. In 1968, combed through its extensive catalog of recordings to compile two collections, . The album consists entirely of live performances, including ones drawn from shows performed with ( ), ), and the team of ). is an expert at re-creating 's playing style on the 12-string acoustic guitar (he has even made an instructional record on the subject), and that can be heard particularly on the later selections here. In terms of the lyrics, however, necessarily comes at the material from a sympathetic remove, if only because he's not a Southern black man and must offer songs like as stories involving someone other than himself. The biggest popular hit of 's career is a song of 's that concludes the disc, and his audience willingly sings along. The album constitutes 's tribute to a performer who helped to shape his musical sensibility. ~ William Ruhlmann