It was THE influential album of my youth. I was into rock and, to some extent, folk music, but considered "hillbilly" to be be "beneath" me, uncool, and listened to only by red-necks. WTCBU introduced me to and legitimatized old-time country & bluegrass as "cool". In the years since, I've left rock completely behind (though, of course, they haven't made any good rock since the early 70s). Now, I'm a "professional" old-time musician and appreciate all those represented on the album, as well as those to obscure or country to have been included.