Water

"It's called Part 1 because back in the days of 78's if you had a song longer than three minutes you had to split it up on side one and side two, because the records only were three minutes long. So you only did a long song when you had something important to say, like this song about the most destructive river flood in United States history."

"We heard about cool, clear water before, but the water Porter Wagoner sings about is colder and darker."

"Along with Son House and Charley Patton, no one was more important to the development of Delta Blues than Tommy Johnson. And long before the stories about Robert Johnson selling his soul at the crossroads, those same stories were being told about Tommy Johnson. His live performances where he would play guitar behind his neck, while hollerin' the blues at full volume, were legendary...Tommy only recorded until 1930, but he was still performing as late as 1956..seems a shame we never got to hear some of them later performances."