Richard Smith – Pineapple Rag
Richard Smithplays Scott Joplin's "Pineapple Rag" in 2015.
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Caleb Meyer
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings play "Caleb Meyer"at St Luke's in London on August 2, 2004. What a delicious blend of voices and guitars.
Doc Watson – Deep River Blues
Doc Watson, Jack Lawrence, & David Grisman play "Deep River Blues"
Norman Blake – Randall Collins
Norman Blake flatpicks "Randall Collins" and "Done Gone" in a 1980 performance with the Rising Fawn String Ensemble
Dave Wilcox – Leave it Like it Is
Fingerstyle: Dave Wilcox plays "Leave it Like it Is."
Chet Atkins – Fingerstyle Guitar Medley
Chet Atkins plays a fingerstyle guitar medley. I thought his swimming pool joke was funny, even if the audience missed it.
Roy Clark – 12th Street Rag
The lightning fingers of Roy Clark play "The 12th Street Rag," 1950s?
Thom Bresh – Double Guitar
Thom Bresh is a master of the Merle Travis, Jerry Reid, and Chet Atkins styles. Here, he performs with his "flip-over" classical/steel-string guitar on the Music City Tonight show (early '90s).
Jimmie Rodgers – Blue Yodel No 1 (T For Texas)
What tribute to the guitar would be complete without mention of Jimmie Rodgers, "the singing brakeman?"
Stefan Grossman – Dallas Rag
A vintage recording of Stefan Grossman playing the Dallas Rag
Roy Book Binder – Rag Mama
Roy Book Binder offers a slice of his Americana ragtime and blues.
Doc Watson – Deep River Blues
Doc Watson was an icon of American folk music and a formidable player.