The "Boy Wonder" CD that started this thread was recorded when Lenny was all of 15 years old.

For "Purity's" benefit, the album does include much folk and blues material: "John Henry," "Corrina, Corrina," "Cannonball Rag," etc. I know its folk music 'cause I've heard it on my own radio show .

The story about Lenny learning to play by listening to Chet Atkins records without knowing that Chet was multitracking is probably a myth. I've hearing the same story for 30 years about several other guitarists including Guy Van Duser and Jerry Ricks. Most of Lenny's family were/are musicians and that's where his playing was rooted.

Lenny's playing has always been well-known among musicians. "Boy Wonder" came out about the same time as Kate & Anna McGarrigle's "The McGarrigle Hour." Both albums include "Alice Blue Gown." As a vocal on the McGarrigle album and an instrumental on the Breau. I mentioned that to Kate & Anna and both were quite familiar with Lenny's history, going back to his family's early country music show.

Probably the main reasons that Lenny never became well-known publicly were his demons and self-destructive addictions.

Mike Regenstreif