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Performing on the Grand Ole Opry for 60 years, no one has contributed so much to the popularity of Dobro music as Bashful Brother Oswald. He greatly influenced the style of country music, not only with the Dobro as forerunner of the steel guitar, but also as the first instrumentalist to add fill-in behind the singing. 'Dobro picking styles are changing but Bashful Brother Oswald's sweet slides, unerring slanted double stops, and plaintive tremolos stand as the rock-solid cornerstone for all country Dobroists. 'Through the 1930s and `40s Oswald was the absolute, hands-down, number one Dobroist around, and more than any other, kept interest in this instrument alive until it was incorporated into bluegrass music. His playing on Roy Acuff's version of 'Wabash Cannonball,' 'Great Speckled Bird,' 'Fire Ball Mail' and 'Steel Guitar Chimes' still define standards of beautiful slide guitar work. 'Over the years Oswald has proven a versatile entertainer, whether playing an old-time banjo number, singing his high-hard tenor to Roy Acuff's lead or doing the buck-and-wing across the Grand Ole Opry stage, but his name is inexorably linked to his relaxed yet precise style of Hawaiian guitar. The Dobroists of the world gratefully acknowledge their debt.' --Stacy Phillips, The Dobro Book