Robert Crotty & Loren Connors Robert Crotty With Me: Loren's Collection

In the years 1978 to 1981, Robert Crotty would show up on Loren Connors'
doorstep in New Haven, Connecticut with his tiny, almost toy guitar. The two
would then spend hours playing acoustic blues, the likes of which was absolutely
staggering in its truthfulness. "Robert Crotty with Me: Loren's Collection (1979-
1987)" is the first anthology of the late bluesman's work, as selected by Connors, his
former playing partner and avant blues master. These are the unheard tapes of
Crotty and Connors communing with the spirits of Delta and County Blues through
their own revisions of standards and tingle-inducing improvisations. These also some
of the Connors' earliest available recordings showing the development of his
iconoclast guitar style and vocal moan. Crotty was a New Haven lifer and linchpin of
the region's blues scene yet, he never achieved much recognition outside local bars
and house parties - until now. The album features never before heard recordings,
unseen photos, liner notes by Connors and Crotty's brother plus a bonus CD: the
first-time reissue of Crotty's ultra rare sole LP "Robert Crotty Blues" and 7-inch --
both released on Connors' private St. Joan imprint in the late 1980s