Three Guys Just Sittin’ Around and Pickin’.
No big deal, unless the three guys are Chet Atkins, Leo Kottke and Doc Watson. The setting appears to be a vacant conference room at a hotel.
Note: at the beginning, Chet tunes up on the fly while the others are playing.
Damn!
Found at and shamelessly swiped from Sippican Cottage.
… incredible….. I saw Doc Watson play at the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville a few years back…. he is truly amazing….
Comment by Eric — January 10, 2010 @ 4:13 pm
LOVED this, thanks!
Comment by MissBirdlegs in AL — January 10, 2010 @ 5:06 pm
Chet Atkins & Les Paul were always my idols for guitar work when I was young. I have a number of their albums & always wanted to play like them …..never happened, my finger`s just would not cooperate.
It always amazed me so many of the rock band guitarists in the early days got by just knowing 3 maybe 4 chords & played rhythm.
A very good friend of mine who was an accomplished guitarist with his Les Paul custom told me ….It was easy to play a guitar badly & very difficult to play well.
Herb had also mastered the piano,fiddle,accordian & mandolin & was comfortable with Rock, Country, Blue Grass & Jazz.
It is a shame most great guitar masters never received the acclaim their talent deserved while a lot of one dimensional individuals did.
Comment by dudley1 — January 11, 2010 @ 10:08 am
I once worked for Lowell Atkins, Chet’s brother. That was more than three decades ago though. Lowell was a pretty damn good picker too.
Comment by hoosierboy — January 11, 2010 @ 12:43 pm
Tuning On The Fly…great name for a sailboat.
Just sayin’
Comment by Yabu — January 11, 2010 @ 2:21 pm
Brilliant. I have this piece on my iPod.
I’m a Kottke fan from ‘way back. This is a trio made in heaven.
Comment by Elisson — January 11, 2010 @ 3:44 pm
We are going to see Tommy Emmanuel in Troy in Febuary.
Hope to see you there!
Comment by jw — January 11, 2010 @ 7:57 pm