Recorded during the time in which
Eaglin was doubling as a blues/folk singer and a commercial R&B artist (for Imperial). He addresses the acoustic folk and blues side of his repertoire, performing everything solo on six and 12-string guitars. Time will probably judge these not to be as interesting as his full-band New Orleans R&B recordings. But this is warm, good-natured acoustic blues, with interpretations of traditional tunes, early blues by
Robert Johnson, and then-recent R&B hits by
Ray Charles,
Arthur Crudup, and
Amos Milburn. ~ Richie Unterberger