When I think of the folk albums that mean the most to me, the two that still sound as fresh and new as the day I first heard them are the Old Time Music At Clarence Ashley's albums with Doc Watson, and a Piedmont album by Mississippi John Hurt. The recording equipment may not have been nearly as sophisticated as contemporary studios, but I feel like I could step through the speakers, and right into a living room where Clarence, Doc and Mississippi John are playing. Plenty of space to walk in and move around.

Jerry