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 ...

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