The George Mitchell Collection

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Part of Fat Possums 25th Anniversary First Time On Vinyl series.

LP includes digital download code.

Jim Bunkley, born and raised in Geneva, Georgia, made friends with the guitar at age eight. The selfproclaimed best known musician in Talbot County, Bunkley, would take the stage with a great big ole cowboy hat and cracked a whole lot jokes and then played. I win all that money, too.

George Henry Bussey was a woodworker, born near Waverly Hall, Georgia, about 15 miles from Geneva, where Jim Bunkley lived. Although coming from a musical family in which everyone seemed to play an instrument and sing, Bussey didnt start playing the guitar until he was 18. I listened to a lot of Blind Boy Fullers records, but I wouldnt try to play it like he played it. I just played it in my own way.

Liner notes and photographs by George Mitchell.

For fans of RL Burnside, Furry Lewis, Robert Johnson.