In 1963, when 16 year old New York City bluegrass enthusiast David Grisman made his way down South to the land of his heroes, he brought along his tape recorder. Bluegrass was a much smaller world then, and the bright young mandolinist somehow got this amazing duo to sit in Frank Wakefield's kitchen, where they shared the classic songs that they had been playing together on the road since the early 1950s. Grisman went home and used these recordings to get Red Allen's "Kentuckians" recorded by Folkways Records, with young Grisman as the producer! That Folkways recording is now a Bluegrass classic of the highest order. For decades, these tapes stayed with Grisman as he personally developed into one of the top mandolinists around, and he later released them to the public. You won't find a purer snapshot of classic Bluegrass picking and "high lonesome sound" singing anywhere! This duo format provides such wonderful clarity! Young Frank Wakefield is unstoppable, of course, but Red Allen keeps right up with him, punching out imaginative baselines that never fail to add interest. The tight harmonies are perfectly executed, and it is hard to believe that these guys just dashed this off in one take. Simply amazing!