The main point of the piece, Hoot, is the impact of the recordings. The piece does laud, correctly imo, Johnson's guitar playing, but that is not the thrust of the the broadcast. Johnson understood the time limitations of recording on wax and crafted songs such that the story could be told within the time limitations. Many other recordings of his contemporaries might end mid-song simply because the technology had reached it's limits. Then, Columbia reissued his recordings in the very early 60's. Those recordings were listened to by a wide range of rockers and blues rockers and had a big influence on musicians and bands that arose in the 60's.

The piece is about the impact of the recordings made by these two musicians.