This video makes me want to give up playing acoustic..

Blimey, Tony Rice, what a player. Talk about making it look easy....

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  • LewyLewy Frets: 4126

    Yep. And that voice too......

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  • CloudNineCloudNine Frets: 4254
    Indeed. He sounds so 'in tune' and the whole thing is just so relaxed. If I dedicated the rest of my life to trying to do a performance like this, I would never get even 1% of it...
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  • The album he did called Church Street Blues is amazing
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 15475

    there was a crop of really talented flatpickers from that era, my own personal fave was/is Norman Blake:

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-V2zkXFFFM

     

    but I'm also a big fan of Tony Rice, especially his work with JD Crowe and the New South.

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtEsSCVAOnQ

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • Well Norman Blake wrote a lot of the songs that are quite famous in that style like Church Street Blues etc etc so he definitely has to be on the list, personally I prefer Tony Rice though.
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  • It's certainly not helping with my current Martin D28 lust...!
    The Assumptions - UAE party band for all your rock & soul desires
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 15475
    I used to hang out on flatpicker hangout (I think it was called) those guys make us look like amateurs, when you can have a 15 page discussion on what pick to use, you know your in tone bore heaven.

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • I just can't play acoustics using a pick it just weirds me out! I will never be a picking legend :-(
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  • mellowsunmellowsun Frets: 2422
    Amazing economy of movement in the right hand!
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  • LewyLewy Frets: 4126
    edited February 2014
    CloudNine said:
    Indeed. He sounds so 'in tune' and the whole thing is just so relaxed. If I dedicated the rest of my life to trying to do a performance like this, I would never get even 1% of it...

    You just have to relax and enjoy it. Obviously he's beyond dedicated as a musician, but you're also watching culture, upbringing and genetics at work, as you are with any of the real bluegrass pickers.
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 28280
    Very nice playing, but players only inspire me, they never make me want to give up!


    His moustache looks like it has slipped down!?!?
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