Here are the CDs I took with me on my trip to Barryville:
– The Best of Blind Blake (Yazoo)
– Whiskey Is My Habit, Good Women Is All I Crave: The Best of Leroy Carr (Columbia/Legacy)
– Paul Desmond, Pure Desmond (CTI)
– Donald Fagen, Morph the Cat (Reprise)
– Lyle Lovett, Joshua Judges Ruth (MCA/Curb)
– Mitchell’s Christian Singers, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 1: 1934-1936 (Document)
– Weslia Whitfield, Lucky to Be Me (Landmark)
If you’ve never heard of Mitchell’s Christian Singers–and most people haven’t–go here to read what an anonymous critic for Time wrote about them in 1939. It is, not surprisingly, more than a little bit condescending, but I bet it’ll pique your curiosity anyway.