The Greatest Bluegrass Flatpickers (Part 1 of 5) by Toon de Corte

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The Greatest Bluegrass Flatpickers (Part 1 of 5) by Toon de Corte
A compilation of some of the greatest bluegrass flatpicking guitarists.This video is a long tradition of fine talented musicians on acoustic guitar. To see the very best players, watch this video to the end and add some other worthy players to the comments below, so the list is really complete. Also look at the different picking techniques, the chords in which they play, the use of capo or not, and listen to the audience (if in video) to see if they are impressed by the solo...Thank You!...
On this video you will see at the timestamps:
00:00 01 - Kenny Smith (Winter's Come And Gone)
00:10 02 - Bryan Sutton (Patrick Meets The Brickbats)
00:21 03 - Doc Watson (Black Mountain Rag)
00:40 04 - Tim Stafford (Two Highways)
00:52 05 - Norman Blake (Church Street Blues)
01:02 06 - David Grier (Angeline The Baker)
01:16 07 - Dan Tyminski (I am a Man of Constant Sorrow)
01:31 08 - Tony Rice (Gold Rush)
01:51 09 - Clay Hess (I'm Ready to Go)
02:03 10 - Clarence White (Listen to the Mocking Bird)
02:22 11 - Chelsea & Grace Constable (Big Mon)
03:16 12 - Jake Workman
03:26 13 - Josh Williams (Cherokee Shuffle)
03:46 14 - Andy Falco (Cherokee Shuffle)
04:10 15 - Chris Eldridge (Cherokee Shuffle)
04:31 16 - Molly Tuttle (Gentle On My Mind)
04:42 17 - Cody Kilby (Me And My Uncle)
05:01 18 - Robert Hale (Red Haired Boy)
05:32 19 - Dan Crary (Durang's Hornpipe)
05:57 20 - Uwe Krüger (Alabama Jubilee)
06:16 21 - Trey Hensley (Freeborn Man)
06:53 22 - Charles Sawtelle (Sally Ann)
07:08 23 - Billy Strings (Freeborn Man)
07:53 24 - Russ Barenberg (Big Scioty)
08:28 See part 2 of 5 ( • The Greatest Bluegrass... )
Please watch: "Toon de Corte - My Tribute to Tony Rice (1951 - 2020) "
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@coryCuc 4 жыл бұрын

Very good list! Thank you for the time and effort in making this video, as well as putting the info in the description.

@ToondeCorte 4 жыл бұрын

Do this for all the lovers who have the same dream to jam and picking like these great players.

@coryCuc 3 жыл бұрын

@@ToondeCorte Amen to that!

@jeffashley2901 Жыл бұрын

Doc has to be my favorite, but. keep a sharp eye on Billy! Amazing talent.

@theflash1425 4 жыл бұрын

Back in the late 1970s, I had the great pleasure of mixing the live sound for Doc & Merle Watson when they came to my college. Naturally, I had to go up during soundcheck and pay homage to the greatest flatpicker alive. So, I go up and ask him if he likes the sound quality (he did) and I mention that I hope to be close to as good on guitar as he was. He thanked me, then asked me, "So, you play guitar?" To which I replied, "Not when I'm standing next to the greatest picker on earth!" Then he says, "Son, your hands are on the guitar somewhere and something that resembles "music" comes out?" I said, "Yes sir, kinda." He then says, "Then go pick you out a guitar and let's pick!" Though I felt like a bumbling idiot, I did so, playing an old Martin he had on his rack, feeling totally inadequate for the 5-10 minutes that we picked. Over twenty years later, I took my 14 YO daughter to see him when he opened a show for Nickel Creek & Bela Fleck, went up to say hello, and though he admitted that he didn't remember my name, he remembered "sittin' and pickin' with his sound man years ago." He was a kind man, and that's a memory I'll never forget. RIP, Doc.

@ToondeCorte 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment...

@scray00 2 жыл бұрын

What a great story. Thanks for sharing that with us 💕

@nancychace8619 2 жыл бұрын

Nice story. I got to sit about 8 ft. away and listen to him and Merle back in the day at Kuumbwa in Santa Cruz. It was like sitting in someone's living room. A once-in-a-lifetime show.

@bluesslider76 Жыл бұрын

What a great memory! Thanks for sharing it! Go pick !

@ToondeCorte Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dustin, pick and jam...

@jacobcarlson8799 Жыл бұрын

Norman Blake is my personal favorite to listen to.

@bay4west 3 жыл бұрын

So glad Billy Strings was here. Dude is a bluegrass animal on guitar!!!

@GetMasty 5 жыл бұрын

Just caught my first Billy Strings show last weekend and it was one of the best shows I've ever been to. The guy next to me on the rail said that was his 50th Strings show and one of the best he's ever seen. It was absolutely blistering. Can't wait for the next round.

@customgtrs 5 жыл бұрын

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@theflash1425 4 жыл бұрын

I've been playing guitar for 53 years, and I've actually met two of these guys, Dan Tyminski and Doc Watson, who I actually picked with a little during the sound check at one of his concerts. Seeing these guys pick makes me want to go burn my Martin in shame! Thanks for putting this video together!

@Wookie8058 4 жыл бұрын

Chelsea & Grace Constable were amazing!! FAST, accurate and surprising! Great talent!!

@GraceConstableMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@CJP4130 3 жыл бұрын

Them Constable girls were tearin' that shit up...

@cigdamagelungs 2 жыл бұрын

They are awesome players

@davidsteinberg2120 Жыл бұрын

Rest assured Grace, most people if not all on This thread are experienced guitar players themselves, and as one myself, I can tell you even though I'm a rock and roll player I have always listened to and played along in my spare time with this type of music to keep my alternate picking in shape because I never wanted to lean on the distortion to cover up mistakes so forgive me for the long reply my main point is we can all see and hear that you two are beyond amazing not only for your abilities and musicality, bye-bye the great habit of muting and silencing all other strings and notes other than the ones that are meant to be heard that is the best of all! Thank you

@AboatFACE 2 жыл бұрын

Billy was born with it. Effortless, young and innovating every time I listen to him.

@theshapeexists Жыл бұрын

You never heard his 1000s of hours of practice. Definitely wasn't born a virtuoso.

@keithclark486 Жыл бұрын

@@theshapeexists and copied all the greats.

@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer 8 ай бұрын

@@keithclark486like all the other greats.

@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer 8 ай бұрын

Nobody is born with it. Dont discredit his hours of practice

@tr6888 3 жыл бұрын

Those Constable sisters are bad to the bone!!!

@cybrunel1016 5 жыл бұрын

I've been a headbanger type pretty much my whole life and a guitar player myself, but my ultimate respect goes to the finger style players and flat pickers, some of the finest players on the planet, bar none son.

@maxwellfan55 5 жыл бұрын

Cy agree they got nothing to rely on but their fingers. No gimmicks, no electronics, just sheer hard playing son of a guns.

@thelakeman5207 3 жыл бұрын

All I can say about Norman Blake is he is "smooth". So much at ease when he plays. It looks effortless.

@jamescomeaux3620 3 жыл бұрын

Tony Rice absolutely amazes me. Watch him closely, especially when he is playing his solo breaks. He doesn’t move ANYTHING other than his fingers. He is motionless. There isn’t even a significant change in his facial expression. I sometimes wonder if he isn’t an automaton or maybe a Disney “animatronic”.

@maxwellfan55 5 жыл бұрын

billy strings and the two girls together nailed this, great vid

@doncummings3915 2 жыл бұрын

The world lost a good friend with the passing of Tony Rice, I met him at Bluegrass Canada some twenty some years ago with Ricky Skaggs, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas....Tony was the classic country gentleman both on and off stage, and if you asked each and everyone of the guitar players here who their greatest guitar play was...they would say Tony Rice... I have a 1954 Martin D-28 which is my most prized possession and I have spent my life trying to adopt the licks, riffs, and magic of Mr. Rice into my own style....my love and admiration for this man was the main inspiration for making this huge investment in a guitar...once you have played a pre 1960 Martin, there is no turning back...great video

@ToondeCorte 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Don...

@doncummings3915 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Bluegrass music played a huge part n my life....

@jackstraw0000 3 жыл бұрын

Billy Strings! Hands down!

@daryljay7057 3 жыл бұрын

OK, I can die now. I've seen everything. Two little girls sitting on a couch, two guitars, laying out INSANE chops and licks like it's as easy as falling down! That's all there is there ain't no more!

@JonathanRZeko 5 жыл бұрын

David Grier is one of the finest guitarists I’ve seen and heard of any genre. It just happened that he learned Bluegrass. Excellent players all of them.

@philipanania8614 3 жыл бұрын

I got to pick with Doc & Merle back in the winter of 1975-76 - can't recall if it was before or after the new year. Got to see Clarence with the Byrds too.

@tr6888 3 жыл бұрын

I've watched this video a couple of times and that young man Billy Strings is a couple of pegs up! He's done some amazing things!!

@carwithl 3 жыл бұрын

He holds tempo better then a metronome

@smokeystarr 2 жыл бұрын

Trey Hensley and Billy Strings were my favorite here. The clarity, ferocity, and melodic style stands out to me.

@mikeroullier6875 Жыл бұрын

Ditto!! I'm on the same page and at the same library!!

@jeffmoore9487 4 жыл бұрын

It's great to hear the different techniques all in short order. It leaves the impression that there's a big possibility for individual methods.

@ToondeCorte 4 жыл бұрын

Agree

@paulreints2279 Жыл бұрын

Billy Strings. He's the best all-around picker I've ever heard. The total package of skill & feel. He's the next generation's introduction to bluegrass & good music in general.

@TheDaddyNaggins 5 жыл бұрын

Michael Daves, Zeb Snyder and Tim May could be added for me off the top of my head. What a great list. Nice to see more than the usual 4 or 5 acknowledged. Thanks for sharing.

@roysass1387 3 жыл бұрын

Impossible to say who is best, just who are my favorites. I was blessed to have heard both Doc and Tony live quite a few times. RIP.. And if Doc is not in Clarence and Tony's league its because he's in a league all his own.

@JeffDaytonMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Love seeing my friend Luke Bulla playing with Russ Barenberg at the end of this clip! Thanks for a fun ride thru some amazing pickers!

@tommaddox1028 4 жыл бұрын

Tony was playing C. Whites guitar in 1972 in my living room in KY where he was living at the time he was 18. He was incredible then.

@ToondeCorte 4 жыл бұрын

Never see Clarence live, you are a very lucky person.

@agalligani 5 жыл бұрын

glad you included Jake Workman. he is just the cream of the crop

@awkwardme5375 3 жыл бұрын

I was anxious to see him on this list, and disappointed that he wasn't - Kenneth Pattengale (Milk Carton Kids). That man elevates flat picking to an entirely different dimension, and his phrasing, chording, speed, and precision are truly something to behold.

@DlmlZ 4 жыл бұрын

Holy smokes, are they for real? Unbelievable how talented they all are! Love it! Thanks for sharing it!

@CarlDRocco 5 жыл бұрын

I love to see how some of these amazing pickers were influenced by others. "I've stood on the shoulders of giants" is a quote that comes to mind. Lots of Tony Rice style pickers these days and his main influence was Clearance White. Doc Watson bringing guitar solos to bluegrass... I was strictly a banjo player as a kid until one morning I awoke to hear "The Bluegrass Album Band" record playing that my mom got from a garage sale. I remember opening my eyes in bed thinking wtf is that heavenly sound? Tony Rice's vocals and his guitar made me want to learn the guitar and sing.

@jackstraw0000 5 жыл бұрын

I miss his vocals. I'm just glad he is still here with us tho.

@slownoman Жыл бұрын

Clarence died very young- and, with the Byrds and in more traditional bluegrass setting, he was the best I ever saw. Tony took off from what Clarence had invented. Check the White brothers doing I Am A Pilgrim and Soldier's Joy, youtube. Wow.

@lmyers9999 Жыл бұрын

Billy Strings attributes Doc Watson as his influence and even has tattoos of Doc!! Also credits his Dad

@randybartlett3042 5 жыл бұрын

I was hoping like heck to see Russ Barenburg. So glad to see him wrap up the list. So clean and tasteful!

@ToondeCorte 5 жыл бұрын

Agree

@richardjohnson7379 5 жыл бұрын

Language please

@kevinkelly9956 4 жыл бұрын

Billy Strings is a nice young fellow from my town, Traverse City, Michigan. I knew he was bound for good things to happen.

@ToondeCorte 4 жыл бұрын

Billy is very good for the bluegrass music.

@annunacky4463 4 жыл бұрын

Billy is getting folks back to loving bluegrass type music. Been too long eh?

@bil6718 3 ай бұрын

What a great list ! Tony Rice , doc Watson , Dan Tyminski and Billy strings, and Tim stafford . My top 5 Not necessarily in that order . Tony probably number one .

@gibbyrock6648 3 жыл бұрын

All Great Bluegrass players. I been following Billy Strings he developed his own style to bluegrass and his story about his dads Martin Guitar is amazing.

@raymondeaton5692 4 жыл бұрын

In his prime Tony Rice hands down. A thousand notes per second has been done. You gotta have that quality that touches the soul and stands out as unique. Doc and Clarence had that as well. Out of all the players on this video they blazed the trails. All the rest are just followers of one sort or another.

@jackstraw0000 5 жыл бұрын

I am old school in a lot of ways. Doc, Norman, Clarence, Tony, what can you say? Well, that being said, I cannot get enough of Billy Strings. Apples and oranges, I know. Still? It was really cool seeing Tony then Clarence on "their" guitars.

@josephmartini4503 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful selection of beautiful musicians. Seeing Sawtelle made my entire day better.

@Chiller01 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah growing up in Colorado I could see Hot Rize before I knew they were famous.

@CountrySingerWannabe 5 жыл бұрын

All I can say is EVH, Vai, Satriani or any other shredder type guitar player EAT YOUR HEART OUT. These guys are shredding on a damn acoustic.

@pickersgrip 5 жыл бұрын

Jthomas Annillo really! And that fact always blows my mind!

@Jimmiesheehan211 4 жыл бұрын

Tony Rice is the coolest man on the block I think. My God they’re all 👍

@kurtbecker9609 5 жыл бұрын

chelsea and grace constable: love the way, after she's been playing the runs a bit, that she looks at the fretboard. it's like it's amazing to her too! NICE!

@bobby_darnell 3 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine, who does a lot of session work in Atlanta and Nashville once said, when Eddie Van Helen came on the scene and was hailed as the 'greatest'. "Eddie is definitely something special and not to take anything away from him, but there are 100 players in Nashville that are that good." Here's your proof. (This is NOT a bash EVH post.)

@ToondeCorte 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bobby, agree...but for the flatpicking lovers i did only looking into the bluegrass style.

@morenteria2988 6 ай бұрын

A lot of hidden gems, indeed

@richardbarrick1492 5 ай бұрын

Truth! Sure EVH was an icon ( and then some) but here's the thing, even my long-- time guitar idol (Ritchie Blackmore ) they claimed, was VERY intimidated by Eddie, a new kid on the block was encroaching on Deep Purple's dominance and the big boys were getting twitchy!

@trevorgwelch7412 4 ай бұрын

It sounds pretty much the same

@jamierobb2186 4 ай бұрын

Why do the vast majority of them play dreadnoughts or bigger guitars?

@jeffreysiegel9125 5 жыл бұрын

This is an incredibly great video!!! There are some hot pickers out there, for sure! I was waiting to see David Bromberg pop up on the sceen- He certainly knows how to wear down rhe frets!😀🌄☮

@jamied8013 3 жыл бұрын

Great to find some new amazing players to listen to. Thanks!

@Digmen1 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, they are all pretty good. I'm 71 and never heard of most them But Bill Strings is insane, and Tony Rice was good too Good skills with the video and the time stamps

@ToondeCorte 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@troytaylor9228 5 жыл бұрын

Billy Strings! Wow!

@GetMasty 5 жыл бұрын

Go see him. Tickets are cheap and I promise your mind will be blown.

@reallyyouthful 5 жыл бұрын

I liked Chelsea and Grace best. They certainly know how to get you going with their enthusiasm and showmanship.

@ToondeCorte 5 жыл бұрын

Yes...nice words

@Bildad1976 4 жыл бұрын

MAN, I was searching the comments to see if anyone else was as impressed with them as I was! BINGO!

@patrickmcgeehan4009 3 ай бұрын

Great List I do want to add one Chris Luquette

@elliotjordan2326 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video.

@davidroe64 4 жыл бұрын

They should all get up every morning turn towards Deep Gap,NC and bow to Doc Watson.

@RTRDick 4 жыл бұрын

There are faster pickers, ones knowing more chords and notes, but none more tasteful than Doc Watson. Considering he had no access to videos and couldn't watch anybody pick, he is original and unsurpassed.

@arctichare8185 4 жыл бұрын

I also love Doc Watson. But I would not say his inaccessibility to resources for the sighted was an impediment for Doc. In fact, it was likely a major contributor to him being so great.

@ender26 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. Doc Watson is hands down my favorite player of all time.

@livingroompickersclub6358 Жыл бұрын

Obviously it's not a contest but there are other players these days whom I think play even tastier stuff than Doc Watson.Jake workman happens to be one of those players.

@pattidale7968 Жыл бұрын

@@livingroompickersclub6358 tastier stuff than Doc?? Like what?

@loumndzbl7680 Жыл бұрын

CW was right there with him...

@lanslay7342 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful and very beautifully done!!!🛐💓👏✝️🌹👍❤️💕💗🌄🔯🇺🇸🎆🕎🇱🇷🔯🇺🇸🎆🕎💗💕❤️👍🌹🌹✝️✝️💓🛐🛐

@lenp.eriepa.6472 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You! As a guitar and banjo picker that isn't really good at this, I am 65 and still learning. And Love this type of music! Keep it up!, Yee Haw!

@ToondeCorte 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you...

@michaelhill56 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Tony Rice...😥

@SmiTTyy-sh8nc 3 жыл бұрын

I've stood in the pouring down rain, to see and hear Tony Rice and the Tony Rice Unit, and I'm so glad I did !!!!

@ToondeCorte 3 жыл бұрын

I never see Tony

@anderjohmetallica 4 жыл бұрын

So many good players. I think Tony Rice was not the first player or maybe not even the best player but will always be my favorite.

@albertofranchi6408 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic

@richardstrahin7634 3 жыл бұрын

Some great picking here !!! Thank you for putting this video together!!

@nathanrobbin6341 4 жыл бұрын

Tony Rice is a machine.

@roysass1387 4 жыл бұрын

Lots of great pickers here I've been fortunate to see, Tony, Josh, Uwe, Dan, Billy......but there's only one Doc. Wish I could see him again.

@cumminsrealpower680 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@davidroe64 3 жыл бұрын

Best

@orchman 2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t Doc invent the genre? ❤️

@ToondeCorte 2 жыл бұрын

I think Django, Doc and Clarence...

@lanslay7342 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful and very beautifully done!!👍💕💗🔯💗💕💕🎆🎆🌄🇱🇷👏👍🛐✝️🌹💓🌹💓🕎🇺🇸❤️💕💗

@discoveryman59 3 жыл бұрын

Constable sisters WOW!!!!!!

@Forevertrue 3 жыл бұрын

I was impressed with Chelsea and Grace. Billy is always good.

@ohiosouthpaw4283 5 жыл бұрын

There are many great flat pickers out there. If you do a second video you should add Jack Lawrence, Merle Watson, & Jim Hurst! Thanks for posting this.

@BuzzWreck61 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for remembering Merle Watson, arguably the greatest flat picker ever.

@custom15player 4 жыл бұрын

Merle and James use a thumbpick, both are excellent players

@ToondeCorte 4 жыл бұрын

There are 3 videos...

@99ojnab99 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful job. Thanks!!!!

@WhoDeyWorld 8 ай бұрын

Trey Hensley IBMA guitarist of the year 2023 with a ray flacke style run woooooooo weeeeeeee boys!!

@336brant 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up watching Doc, Tony, Sutton and Kruger. Living near Merlefest is heaven if you’re into this type of music

@World-as-i-c-it 4 жыл бұрын

Molly is my favorite, but all extremely talented

@jaytoups 4 жыл бұрын

Just brilliant, Toon, thanks for all these great mashups.

@ToondeCorte 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jay

@diggerson88 4 жыл бұрын

nice work! very entertaining.

@custom15player 4 жыл бұрын

Really cool. Wyatt Rice, Mark O'Connor, Allen Shadd

@markusantonio4866 4 жыл бұрын

Back in the 80's and early 90's I was a metal guitar fan, and my friend turned me on to bluegrass. He was starting off on banjo, and I thank him for introducing me to this wonderful music.

@ToondeCorte 4 жыл бұрын

This album bring me to the bluegrass...kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iLmUqqpp1qumqGw.html

@Lieutenant_Dude 4 жыл бұрын

These guys were the Yngwie Malmsteens of the Smokey Mountains.

@marctrainor5595 3 жыл бұрын

I had no idea there were that many great flatpickers. Amazing !! Marc T.

@Xt1000 7 ай бұрын

My top 3 influences. Pat Flynn, Tony Rice and Peter Rowan.

@tylerjordan7849 3 жыл бұрын

Billy strings and molly tuttle will keep bluegrass alive for another generation. Hells yeah

@lonniemeeker2525 3 жыл бұрын

Billy Strings is a joke.

@northernairmtb4183 3 жыл бұрын

@@lonniemeeker2525 the guy is good. like real good.

@bernardfranklin1902 4 жыл бұрын

These guys/girls are out standing in their chosen field! I would say there is one man capable of playing in any field. His name is Tommy Emmanuel! I have MC'd for many of these folks at Randy Wood's Pickin' Parlor in Bloomingdale, GA including TE and he can stand with the very best in the world! Master of all variations of guitar playing! If you don't know him and are a fan of guitar, you must check him out! Hat's off to Randy for bringing in most of these wonderful musicians! If you have never been to Randy's you are missing a treat and the chance to meet an American treasure!

@Bildad1976 4 жыл бұрын

Tommy and Billy's duet on Workin' Man Blues is a MUSTWATCH!

@thomaswild9044 3 жыл бұрын

Those two girls were awesome.

@marytoutloff2838 4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding!!!!

@kellyweaver8361 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Just recently heard of Billy Strings! I think he's the best there ever wuz!!

@A246678 3 жыл бұрын

I would agree. He's best when he gets out of the strictly bluegrass mode and plays some of his original compositions like Tinfoil and Turmoil and Dust in a Baggie.

@acousticguitar130 5 жыл бұрын

Tony, Tony, Tony, Wyatt, Mark O'Connor....

@ToondeCorte 5 жыл бұрын

See second video...(2/2)

@skygh 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@richardkennedy7047 3 жыл бұрын

A new young one - Presley Barker , definitely one to watch ! 🍀

@keyvenbuchanan3 3 жыл бұрын

Tony rice may be the GOAT but let’s all just admire the fact that doc Watson is playing like that while blind. Unreal

@BBQ1953 4 жыл бұрын

Here I am, listening to Bluegrass pickers. I get out to 2:13 in the video and there’s Chelsie, guitar instructor extraordinaire herself, just a pickin’ and a grinnin’! Nice!

@gabrieln3613 4 жыл бұрын

My vote for your second would be Carl Miner. I play harmonica! I played on the Florida Bluegrass Circuit in 1970's, invited many times by Chubby Anthony to play with him on his sets....and other bands. Opened for Doc Watson, with Merle, in Fla. 1977 and Calif 1978, spent time with Doc and used a quote from him about my playing for many years on promo material. Carl Miner & I played in my band when he was 17/18 same year he won the Flat picking at Winfield.

@ToondeCorte 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gabriel...

@pcraigbenton07 4 жыл бұрын

Great collection !

@rbdavisphoto 3 жыл бұрын

Bryan Sutton & Billy Strings TIE for 1st place. All time great - Tony Rice.

@jbbrooks4676 4 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that the last gent (Russ Barenberg) is doing it on a J-45

@williamhole1914 4 жыл бұрын

Incredible !

@kevc-69- 11 ай бұрын

I cannot pick a fovourite, i love them all.

@EricFlatpick 5 жыл бұрын

Great clips, thanks! How the style has spread and grown ... I don't think I saw John Herald (Greenbriar Boys, solo, etc.) in the mix--he'd be a worthy addition, I think.

@williamheiss3942 5 жыл бұрын

You have to add Mark O'Connor, who at age 14, won the Winfield, KS flatpicking contest judged by Doc Watson, Dan Crary and Norman Blake. O'Connor was banned from returning the next year. So he returned in 1977 and won again. The contest then instituted the "Mark O'Connor Rule" and he was prevented from returning for 5 years.

@VerMaarte 5 жыл бұрын

Yep, special case... as long as it has strings; Marc O'Connor is exceptional.

@joelorr2136 5 жыл бұрын

I played against Mark O'Conner in a little guitar contest in Monroe, LA in 1977. There were 5 contestants. There were 3 really good players, Mark and one ole hick from the sticks that was still trying to find his way out of G. Mark was the clear winner although the other guys did really well too. I passed Mark on the stairs coming up as I was going down... I said "good luck". I had no idea who he was and how little he needed luck. :-) But I had fun that day. OH and I now know my way out of G. ;-)

@ToondeCorte 5 жыл бұрын

Look at video 2...

@charlieharris9527 4 жыл бұрын

That's because Reggie Harris wasn't participating

@ToondeCorte 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear...

@markfoster2500 4 жыл бұрын

They are all great musicians!!

@markfoster2500 4 жыл бұрын

You can’t help but to love Billy Strings!👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️

@chrisharkins5069 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a show of flat picking.

@flightplan1000 Жыл бұрын

I didn't see Jack Lawrence mentioned anywhere. He played with Doc for over 20 years. He's one of the best flatpickers I've ever heard.

@ToondeCorte Жыл бұрын

See the second video for Jack

@pablpfanque 4 жыл бұрын

Doc Watson Billy Strings, Tony Rice, Norman Blake

@walterbarnick3598 Жыл бұрын

I was gonna shame you until I found your tip o' the hat to Dan Crary. Well done. Watch for his IBMA recognition this fall, 2022.

@Earthdancer46234 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great video!

@svendbosanvovski4241 3 жыл бұрын

This is a younger Billy Strings. What a precocious talent.

@keithclark486 3 жыл бұрын

Lol no.

@williamcallihoe501 3 жыл бұрын

Learn scales like these massively talented ARTISTS you youngsters.

@jblflatpicker 4 жыл бұрын

First I’m seeing or hearing of Chelsea & Grace Constable...cool!

@lindabarousse7984 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed that. Thank you 😃

@ToondeCorte 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you Linda...