Spider Blues

He also appeared at the Newport Folk Festival that same year, accompanied by trio member Tony Glover.

[1] In his subsequent releases, his style changed as he turned from the blues to traditional folk music.

In a sleeve note notable for the inane quotes from Koerner himself, Paul Nelson of The Little Sandy Review, which I understand is one of the better folk publications, makes the remarkable claim that 'Koerner's art is like Chaplin's, as great and lasting as it is entertaining'.

In fact, Koerner is a passably competent guitarist, a poor harmonica player and a quite dreadful singer.

"[4] On the other hand, in the mid-late 1960s radio station WBCN in Boston used to regularly play "Rent Party Rag" on the first of every month.