@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Various Artists - Guitar Wizards 1926-1935 Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1989, Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, United States 5/26 Matrix #: L-1016 Condition: VG+ (VZ) | Members: Various Artists (N/A) Cultural Facts:
Personal Struggle: Many pre-war guitarists recorded through poverty, segregation, and brutal travel conditions, often seeing little money from sides that later became collector history.
Scene Ecology: These recordings come from the 78 rpm era, when blues, ragtime, gospel, string-band music, and early jazz still overlapped before genres were cleanly separated.
Media Narrative: Collections like this helped later listeners hear early guitar music as technique, not just folklore: slide work, syncopation, and regional styles preserved from fragile records.
