MORE LEON RHODES and a bit of BUDDY CHARLETON- "HONEY FINGERS"

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THUMBS CARLILLE AND CURLY CHALKER, "LITTLE LIZA JANE"

Any footage of these unsung greats is welcome. On this clip, Curly is more or less playing in Speedy West's style. Cool as that is, it's only a tiny fraction of the sophisticated stuff Curly could play. Thumbs, as you can see, is playing in his own totally bizarre personal style-- brilliant.


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SCOTTY ANDERSON-- AS HOT AS ANY PICKER I'VE EVER HEARD

Here's some sick playing from unsung picker Scotty Anderson. I just got his instructional dvd; it immediately goes to the head of the class among my country and telecaster dvds. I'm trying to grab some of his ideas-- wish me luck!


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LEON RHODES AND BUDDY CHARLETON, "RHODES-BUD BOOGIE"

Here's a great clip of Leon Rhodes and Buddy Charleton, the amazing guitarist and steel player from Ernest Tubb's last classic edition of the Texas Troubabours. (Lately I've been practicin' more than bloggin', but at some point I'll be sure to write about Leon and his playing. He took the guitar style already perfected by Billy Byrd and somehow perfected it even more.)


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