Yeah, Bob absorbed traditional music like a sponge, along with the old acoustic blues, country, rock and roll, and god knows what else. You can hear all of that in his work, and that's what gives him such lasting legitimacy. He somehow carries the ghostly imprint of all that preceded him. He's like a walking musical history lesson.

It's good to hear that, when there is so much happening in the media that shows no respect or even awareness of the rich cultural past we all came from.

- LH