Doing The Wrong Thing by Kaki King (1979-) Kaki King is an American guitarist and composer. King is known for her percussive and jazz-tinged melodies, energetic live shows, use of multiple tunings on acoustic and lap steel guitar, and her diverse range in different genres. King’s fingerstyle playing combines fret-tapping with slap bass techniques, using …
Struttin by Jerry Reed (1937-2008) Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films
Samus Stardrive by Andy McKee (1979-) Andy McKee is an American fingerstyle guitar player. His style of playing and his compositions have earned him a considerable international fanbase. In late 2006, a live performance of his signature song “Drifting” became a Featured Video on YouTube and MySpace, achieving over 40 million views on the former …
Slow Motion Roast Beef Restaurant Seduction by William Ackerman (1949-) William Ackerman is an American guitarist and composer of acoustic-based instrumental music. He founded and ran for many years the influential New Age record label Windham Hill Records.On guitar tunings, William Ackerman has said that none of his songs use the standard guitar tuning
Drive In by Chet Atkins (1924-2001) Chester Burton Atkins, known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country’s appeal to adult pop music fans as well. Among many honors, Atkins received 14 Grammy Awards …
Silgo Creek by Al Petteway Al Petteway is a Grammy-winning American guitarist known primarily for his acoustic fingerstyle work both as a soloist and with well-known folk artists. His own compositions rely heavily on Celtic and Appalachian influences and he is known for his use of DADGAD tuning.
Fingers In Flight by Edward Gerhard (1959-2009) Buster B. Jones was an American guitarist specializing in the fingerpicking style. He toured often, earning the nicknames “Le Machine Gun” and “Pistola” for his fast playing style. Jones was also well known for his mentoring of young players and he appeared in 11 instructional videos demonstrating and …
The Handing Down by Edward Gerhard Acoustic/fingerstyle guitarist Edward Gerhard is one of the genre’s most gifted and highly regarded players. Although he currently resides in New England, Gerhard is originally from Philadelphia, where at the age of 14 he began playing guitar after being awestruck by the legendary Andrés Segovia.
Tattered Old Kite by David Wilcox (1958-) David Patrick Wilcox is an American folk musician and singer-songwriter guitarist. He has been active in the music business since the late 1980s. Many critics compare his style to James Taylor as well as Joni Mitchell and John Gorka.
Spring Fever Part A by Bill Mize Growing up in Sevier county in East Tennessee in the 50s and 60s provided Bill a deep well of musical influences to draw from. Local music showcases out of Nashville and Knoxville exposed Bill to artists of southern soul, early rock, bluegrass and mountain music.
