Music writer David Dicaire, in his book The Folk Music Revival, 1958-1970, wrote that the album "announced a shift to more traditional folk songs rather than the blues-drenched material of prior releases and what fans had come to expect from him. It ignited his career at a time when folk was in serious decline."[2]
Track listing
Side one
"The Farmer's Curst Wife"
"The Dodger"
"Hallelujah! I'm a Bum"
"Stewball
"The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn"
"Days of '49"
"10,000 Years Ago"
"Grunt 'n Groan and the New Cave"
Side two
"Jack of Diamonds"
"Abduloah Bulbul Amir"
"Go Down Moses"
"Casey Jones"
"Danville Girl"
"Careless Love"
"When First unto This Country"
"Grunt n' Groan and the New Wheel"
Personnel
"Spider" John Koerner – guitar, harmonica, vocals
Tony Glover – harmonica on "Stewball", "Jack of Diamonds", "Danville Girl" and "When First unto This Country"
Dave Ray – slide guitar, background vocals on "Stewball", "Jack of Diamonds" and "Danville Girl"
^Dicaire, David (2011-09-09). "John "Spider" Koerner (1938-): Spider Web". The Folk Music Revival, 1958-1970: Biographies Of Fifty Performers And Other Infuential People. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 78-83.
ISBN978-0-7864-6352-7.
OCLC747713048.