The voice, the 12-string guitar, the rare piano recordings of the legendary Huddie Ledbetter, who lived, many times over, every line of every song he ever sang. Here's an in-depth look, through 12 songs, at one of folk blues' most fabled creators.

1. Goodnight Irene 
2. Grasshoppers In My Pillow 
3. The Eagle Rocks 
4. Rock Island Line 
5. Ella Speed 
6. Backwater Blues 
7. Take This Hammer 
8. Tell Me, Baby 
9. Eagle Rock Rag 
10. Western Plain 
11. Sweet Mary Blues  
12.  On A Christmas Day