So the OP just asked for some reference recordings. I observe more than I post, but seems like every thread that Millercarbon participates in become first of all a lecture series from MC, and then a bunch of snarky comments back and forth between MC and various other members. It really is tiresome.
I hope at least one person finds a new favorite in the list below
Rosanne Cash "10 Song Demo"
Kruger Brothers "Remembering Doc Watson"..
Leonard Cohen "Ten New Songs"
John Hiatt "Crossing Muddy Waters"
Alan Jackson "Like Red on a Rose"
Mark Knopfler " Sailing to Philadelphia"
Tim and Mollie O’Brien "Away Out on the Mountain"
Jamie Saft "You Don’t Know the Life"
Dave Holland "Good Hope"
Till Bronner "Nightfall"
I hope at least one person finds a new favorite in the list below
Rosanne Cash "10 Song Demo"
Kruger Brothers "Remembering Doc Watson"..
Leonard Cohen "Ten New Songs"
John Hiatt "Crossing Muddy Waters"
Alan Jackson "Like Red on a Rose"
Mark Knopfler " Sailing to Philadelphia"
Tim and Mollie O’Brien "Away Out on the Mountain"
Jamie Saft "You Don’t Know the Life"
Dave Holland "Good Hope"
Till Bronner "Nightfall"