| Phil
Heywood was
the 1986 National Fingerpicking Champion, and the winner of the
1987 American Fingerstyle Guitar Festival competition. A truly world-class
player, he's got a bluesy swing and a bucketful of whatever it is
that helps a performer turn an instrumental piece into an arresting
lyrical narrative. Peter
Lang's recordings, from the 1972 The Thing
At The Nursery Room Window to the 2001 Dharma Blues, are regarded
as fingerpicking classics. Along with John Fahey and Leo Kottke,
he was a pioneer of contemporary fingerstyle guitar in the early
1970s. Leo
Kottke Nearly thirty years into his career the ever youthful
looking Kottke is showing no signs of slowing down. Cam
Waters is a critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, and guitarist
whose performances consist primarily of his roots-influenced original
music, classic rural and ragtime blues, and Delta slide guitar.Tim
Sparks is one of the most luminous acoustic
guitarists on the scene today, a man of unexcelled technique and
versatility. An American fingerpicking champion from Minnesota,
his compositions incorporate such diverse influences as jazz, classical,
Latin, Greek, and Oriental musical forms.Pat
Donohue is "a masterful guitarist and
talented singer-songwriter of blues, folk and jazz" (Los Angeles
Times).Dean
Magraw With his fiery delivery and sophisticated arrangements,
Dean Magraw has long been considered one of the most innovative
guitarists of the acoustic scene. |
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