Oddly enough, I've listened to very little Josh White over the years, being more interested in Bill Broonzy and Brownie McGhee when I first started listening to blues back in the '60s. What I did hear of White was from his latter years - stuff which I found slightly bland or even mannered at the time. Understandable, given the environments in which he was playing at the time.

I've just been trawling through the chronological collection of his stuff from 1929 onwards (on Spotify) and enjoying much of it - his earlier guitar work seemed more akin to McGhee and Broonzy in the 1930s, and that appeals to me more.