This is the first Mark McDonald’s piece of work He is a singer, harp and guitar player with an own particular style but, at the same time, with very interesting influences that you will discover along the whole cd With his National Reso-phonic style ‘0’ Steel Resonator guitar, Mark goes over the Mississippi folk blues, but he also pays homage to some of his musical heros His bigger influences can be found on so great bluesmen like Reverend Gary Davis or Mississippi John Hurt but, in fact, he gathers all Delta and country blues musical tradition Mark McDonald has included some versions of standard blues in this cd, together with his own good compositions, which give as a result a bunch of intimistic calm relaxing blues Great Long Time faithfully reflects Mark’s huge devotion for this kind of blues that he honestly performs with great respect and love