When folklorists and record collectors began knocking on doors in Mississippi, Arkansas, the Carolinas, and Philadelphia ...

Yes, that’s right, of the original albums. I keep on working ... if I may—how did you first become exposed to your blues influences like Albert Ammons or Pinetop Smith? I started collecting ...

That's how the two are feeling as they bring out Blues Experience, a collaborative album that finds the ukulele ... Shimabukuro also acknowledges the influence on his playing of "Uncle" Joseph ...