The songs recorded over the two days were split between secular pieces and stripped-down versions of sacred hymns, all reflecting an era of post-Reconstruction rural black culture, and what is most remarkable is the variety of song forms that Strothers had in his repertoire, and the eerie passion and energy he brought to his singing and banjo playing. The odd Keep Away from the Bloodstained Banders, the first track Strothers recorded, is a variant of a John Adam Granade hymn from the 1800s, Let Thy Kingdom, Blessed Savior. At the other end of the spectrum, Strothers delivered two takes of the bawdy Poontang Little, Poontang Small, which earned a "Delta check" (the designation for erotic material) when it was entered into the Library of Congress archives. I Used to Work on the Tractor is a caustic comment on working for an exploitative contractor, while the six-minute Goin' to Richmond is a long blues. Strothers also recorded an interesting version of Cripple Creek on his second day with Lomax and Spivacke called Thought I Heard My Banjo Say, which fleshes out a song that is usually only done in brief fragments. In two days of recording, Jimmie Strothers managed to leave behind an edgy, singular, and fascinating group of songs that explore the boundaries between the sacred and the profane. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi