https://c.im/@Anne_Delong@musician.social

In the essential folk music book, "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down," there is a story about Cambridge MA folkies traveling and coming upon a Southern country fair. The musician playing at the time was Doc Watson. One of the Cambridge guys couldn't believe he had never heard of someone this talented. He asked where else does Watson play. The answer was, He doesn't play anywhere else ... he's blind. The Harvard Square folkies then helped put Doc on the road and in front of diverse, appreciative audiences. I heard him sing to an audience of over 3,000 at the University of Maine. He showed that he was well grounded in traditional material but was not at all afraid to perform the latest songs. Too bad Guitar Pilgrim hasn't released a video about Doc's picking style. He has done nearly everyone else. It seems to me I've seen a video of Tommy Emmanuel presenting how to play "Doc's Guitar." Doc and Merle were really amazing.

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#docwatson #folkmusic #countrymusic #guitar #guitarmusic #guitarpicking #guitarplayer #guitarplaying #music #musicnews

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@lpl wants us to have a #BlastFromThePast this #TuneTuesday 🚀

Not sure when this recording was made, somewhere in the '60s.. Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train

* https://youtu.be/R2DCWfBkMSI

* No YT tracking link

#music @Kitty #blues #country #americana #oldtime #ElizabethCotten #GuitarPicking

SCOTTY MOORE'S PICKING ON ELVIS PRESLEY'S "MYSTERY TRAIN"
PRESENTED BY GUITAR PILGRIM
Mastodon Post

Scotty Moore equals Genius
This is very HARD to play...
Guitar Pilgrim [Thom Helwig]
323K subscribers
4.3K views 23 hours ago

In this video, Guitar Pilgrim teaches many things. The one that took me by surprise is that I have been playing an A chord all wrong. Oops! Guitar Pilgrim is the best at teaching guitar ideas and techniques in a thoroughly entertaining way.

Usually I would not post anything so soon by the same presenter on the same topic; but this video was posted at YouTube a few minutes before I shut down my computer for the day yesterday. This video, then, defines "new."

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#1950smusic #chetatkins #elvispresley #elvispresleysunsessions #fingerpicking #guitar #guitarist #guitarists #guitarlesson #guitarmusic #guitarpicking #guitarpilgrim #musicnews #mysterytrain #mysterytrainsong #rockabilly #scottymoore #sunsessions #thomashelwig #thomhelwig

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DANNY GATTON LIVE CLIP ANALYZED

British guitarist analyses Danny Gatton's wealth of technique AND groove!

Wings of Pegasus
[Fil Henley]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF5fbgD9vuw

Though this video is five years old, it only came up in my Youtube suggestions today. A lot better late than never.

Link to Original Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS5XH84mmI4

Some other Wings of Pegasus videos may be found by searching on Mastodon's wingsofpegasus hashtag.

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#dannygatton #filhenley #guitar #guitarist #guitarists #guitarmusic #guitarpicking #musicnews #whatdisay #wingsofpegasus

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DANNY GATTON
"BLUES NEWBURG"

Blues Newburg
Danny Gatton - Topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpkAISZg_sw

Fast, accurate, and played with feeling, as done in some passages here, is a rare combination; but then, Danny Gatton was a rare player. The tune, itself, is relatively slow. Contrast what you hear on this track with the franticness of "Fingers on Fire" on his "Unfinished Business" album.

Danny Gatton was one of my all-time favorite guitarists, matching talent with nimble fingers. For some more of his picking, search Mastodon on the dannygattor hashtag.

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#88elmirast #88elmirastreet #bluesnewburg #dannygatton #dcmusic #fingersonfire #guitar #guitarist #guitarists #guitarpickin #guitarpicking #guitarplaying #musicnews #unfinishedbusiness #virginiamusic #washingtondcmusic

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One of the most influential guitar picker of all time and one of my heroes too
Merle Robert Travis: Born November 29, 1917 in Rosewood, Kentucky. Died October 20, 1983 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nV5xEGkK_g
https://word.undead-network.de/2021/10/20/one-of-the-most-influencual-guitar-picker-of-all-time-and-one-of-my-heros-too/
#cannonballrag #guitarpicking #merletravis