[2] Less well known than such contemporaries as Alan Wilson of Canned Heat and John Fahey, Backwards Sam Firk spent much of his music-based existence working with and supporting older blues artists.
It was released by Adelphi Records, an independent blues label based in Silver Spring, Maryland, partly owned by his then-wife.
[2][3] Adelphi conducted field trips, usually attended by Firk, in search of largely forgotten blues musicians from an earlier generation.
Firk thus met and befriended the guitarist Richard "Hacksaw" Harney, Johnny Shines, Sunnyland Slim, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, and Big Joe Williams.
[5] Stewart again used the pseudonym Backwards Sam Firk for a couple of duet albums he made with the guitarist Stephan Michelson, alias Delta X.