I’d loved acoustic music – specifically the blues – ever since I first heard Lightnin’ Hopkins’ Blues In My Bottle album.
I couldn’t believe the sound Hopkins got. At first I thought it was two guys playing guitar. My style, to a degree, came out of trying to imitate that sound I heard.

Chris Smither
(również w American Routes, tak ok. 1:18:30; w lepszej wersji opowieść, po utworze.)