East Coast Piedmont Style

Review

Rollicking 1935-39 sides from one of the leading guitarists in the prewar Piedmont style. Some tracks feature Blind Gary Davis on second guitar and Bull City Red on clattering washboard, others are solo, and 1939's "I'm a Stranger Here" finds the young Sonny Terry on harp. All twenty songs possess an engaging sense of swing. (B.D.) -- &copy Frank John Hadley 1993 -- From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD