This version of '1922' features a hand picked selection of Charlie Parr's best songs from his recent recordings, all of which manage to put a bright and lively face on material that doesn't pull any punches. His self-taught mix of slide blues, fingerpicking and quasi-frailing technique comes together with a voice that's low on drama and high on impact.

"Charlie Parr is one of the greatest musicians and human beings I know. So many country-blues artists are crippled with retroism and purism, but he has brought wonder and excitement to this music. Even Charlie's foot coming down on the floor boards screams with more soul and life than most anything -- past or future."

• Alan Sparhawk, Low

Tracks: Westbound Rattler Migrant Boxcar Train 1922 Blues Louis Collins Mahtowa Stomp I Wish I Were A Mole In the Ground To A Scrapyard Bus Stop Wreck of the Bernard K Funeral Road Blues Hogkill Blues Jesus at the Kenmore

Bonus Tracks: Will Bill Jones Bonneville 1922 (Live)