look take my word for it. with Josh -there is substance there if you care to look. I want this thread to be really positive and i would like to discuss this great players techniques.

as a kid, he led round Jefferson - probably saw his music more than anyone else. and he was a deeply interested party. he was a star witness to history.

I notice that empty bed blues - very fine playing is in E flate. he has tuned his guitar a semitone down. was this a general thing? I know its said Leabelly tuned his 12 string a whole tone down.

Everybody plays stuff to make a living. Robert Johnson certainly did. Josh's audiences were wealthy enough to buy an album of the performance they had seen that evening in a night club.

Years ago I remember being in a hotel in germany opposite Luther Ellison. The German promoter was apologising for the unhip audience - he said, I was so ashamed when they asked for San Francisco Bay Blues.
Luther said, that's okay, I didn't mind playing it....