PHIL BAUGH, WITH BUDDY EMMONS, FIDDLIN' FRENCHIE BURKE, "CAJUN FIDDLE"

Here's more Phil Baugh with Frenchie and Buddy. On this tune, Phil is in more of a Nashville mode than a "fiddle tune" single note mode, with double stops, "banjo rolls," and bends using his foot-operated bending gizmo.
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PHIL BAUGH, WITH BUDDY EMMONS, FIDDLIN' FRENCHIE BURKE, "BIG MAMOU"

More Phil Baugh, with some good coverage of his right hand picking technique on this cajun fiddle number. Phil takes a couple breaks here, as well as playing some fills-- with Emmons as a bonus. (It's always valuable to see what top-notch pickers do with two chords, and it's also always interesting to see hot Nashville cats playing more traditional material.)

thanks to Charlie McCardell for sending me this clip.
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PHIL BAUGH ON MOSRITE WITH FUZZ, GLEN CAMPBELL PICKING ACTUAL COUNTRY MUSIC

Here's a real oddity-- an artifact from the pre-Cambrian Glen Campbell career, when he was picking some serious old-school country. Then you get Phil Baugh with a Mosrite doubleneck and fuzztone-- I like fuzztone in general, but it's a special treat when the hillbilly pickers break out the fuzz. It's always interesting to see what a country picker will do with fuzz, and Phil does a cool whammy bar trick that sounds like a truck revving up. Hot!
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PHIL BAUGH, "COUNTRY GUITAR" CLIP

Here's a clip of the unsung great Phil Baugh, playing his classic showpiece "Country Guitar," where he apes Les Paul, Billy Byrd, Merle Travis, Luther Perkins, Chet Atkins, Hank Garland, and Duane Eddy.


He really captures each player's sound and style, and all with a Mosrite guitar. I'll tell you-- I used to have a Mosrite, and if I'd known you could get it to do all that stuff I would never have sold it.

I don't know if I'll get around to transcribing this stuff anytime soon-- that would take some serious work! Maybe if I get an avalanche of viewer mail about it-- In the meantime, enjoy the clip. There are other Phil Baugh clips on youtube, too, but this "Country Guitar" is a classic. You can get it on CD, as well-- a pretty good Phil Baugh collection called "Live Wire." (The studio version, according to what I've read, has Phil on a Tele.)

I got this clip from Charlie McCardell. (More evidence that steel players forward the craziest shit.)

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