HandsonFire
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I saw him in Durham back in May and he was fantastic. Blew my wife away and she doesn’t even like the music.Chet A. and Merle Travis were the fingerpicking Gods of the world back in the day. Doc himself took up that style (along with his own flat-picking style). Doc named his only son after Merle Travis. They still have a huge music festival named after Merle Watson -
Tommy Emmanuel studied and took after those 3 icons and has taken it to another level (if another level is even possible after Chet and Merle T).
I saw Tommy E at the last MerleFest.