One of the distinctive sounds of rural blues guitar is found in the Piedmont School, with the best known advocates being the likes of Blind Willie McTell, Blind Blake and Blind Boy Fuller. One of the lesser known and more visioned-named pickers of the genre was Curley Weaver (1906-61), with this two disc 48 song compilation a perfect intro into what sitting on the back porch and grinning is all about. The earlies pieces from the late twenty have him in with harmonica man Eddie Mapp, with some impressive guitar work teamed with his laconic voice on Dirty Deal Blues”. After that, he’s with The Georgia Cotton Pickers which included Barbecue Bobb and Buddy Moss on “She Looks So Good”. Mixed in solo recordings are some tasty duets with Weaver and Blind Willie McTell, Clarence Moore, and Ruth Willis, all in laid back rural fashion. Folk blues served on a blue plate special.