This landmark Newport Folk Festival recording captures blues at a pivotal moment, bringing together seminal figures from disparate eras—Delta pioneers of the 1920s and Chicago electric innovators of the 1950s—in a singular, timeless performance space. Featuring Son House, Skip James, and Bukka White, the album transcends chronological boundaries, creating a mythic intersection where blues tradition converges with its own evolution. An essential document of American roots music.