Sam Chatmon, Rev. Gary Davis, Lead Belly, Big Joe Williams, others: Legends of Country Blues Guitar, V. 2, Released 01/01/1994
With Bukka White (two songs), Big Joe Williams (three songs), Son House (one song), Leadbelly (five songs), Rev. Gary Davis (three songs), Sam Chatmon (three songs) and Houston Stackhouse (one song). The blues "rediscovery" era of the 1960s brought to concert and soundstages many veteran artists who had participated in the golden age of country blues recording prior to World War II. The best of them retained most of their youthful power and brought with them the authority of experience. Stark and powerful Delta blues performances by Bukka White, Son House, and others are joined by rare footage of Leadbelly (including him singing "Goodnight Irene" to his wife Martha), and informal footage of the supreme exponent of the East Coast ragtime guitar style, Rev. Gary Davis