When I hear Ry Cooder doing things in Joseph Spence's style I REALLY miss those groans and grunts the Spence used to do all through his songs. When I first heard it it sounded terrible to my ears---out of tune actualloy. But over the years I truly came to love everything Joseph Spence did. He was an acquired taste I suspect. Bob Wills' yells in the middle of his vocalist's best songs is something I'd miss now if they weren't on the old records. But I love Laphraoig Scotch too.

Art Thieme