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Originally Posted by sammyg2
It says quite a bit when the greatest guitarists alive are proud to say "I finally got a chance to jam with Chet!"
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About a hundred years ago, I watched a TV show wherein Merle Travis presented some award to Chet Atkins. Travis was an early mentor for Atkins and in his presentation speech, Travis said, "Chet, teach me back, please."
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BTW, Merle's guitar playing style was developed out of a native tradition of finger-picking in Western Kentucky. Among its early practitioners was the black country blues guitarist Arnold Shultz, who taught his style to several local musicians, including Kennedy Jones, who passed it on to other guitarists, notably Mose Rager and Ike Everly, the father of The Everly Brothers.
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And the beat went on, eh?
