1.   As things have evolved musically, Kaukonen has pretty much neglected the electric guitar to concentrate on the less commercial niche of acoustic blues.

2.   In another couple of decades, the acoustic blues of R.L. Burnside, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Junior Kimbrough and Othar Turner could be lost forever.

3.   Lonesome losers and acoustic blues go hand in hand.

4.   Delta acoustic blues is an acquired taste but it is worth acquiring.

5.   Hiatt said the acoustic blues format pushed him to write less self-consciously.