Ragtime Annie
"Yay Derek! Smooth, lively, and chock full of feeling. If you had a goal with this project, I would say you've exceeded it handily. Will come back and listen simply because it's that enjoyable:)"
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Derek commented on Louis Ruoti's video
Daley's Reel
"That's really nice! Great flow and melody - lovely touch and tone. This is the sort of thing I aspire too! Great job, Louis."
Gold Rush v2
"Hey Derek...Thumbs up! Playing at a speed you're comfortable with is a better strategy than struggling beyond your efficiency to produce pleasant music. Speed will increase naturally as you spend more time behind the wood.…"
Louis Ruoti - Arkansas Traveler
"Thanks Mark. I'd love to play a BR160 Adirondack. Mine is Sitka. Your's probably packs more of a wallop than mine."
Daley's Reel
"I love Bryan Sutton's version of this song. This version is modeled on my own capabilities and style, thus nothing like his. It is what it is:)"
Daley's Reel
Louis Ruoti (http://www.flatpickit.com) on guitar flatpicks the bluegrass old fiddle tune Daley's Reel. Backup rhythm track by Dave "The Flatpick Apprentice"...
"I own a Blueridge 160. I have owned a half dozen Martins, a Guild, and a Larrivee in my 45 years of playing. I have also played top level Collings guitars extensively (fantastic but very expensive).
Dollar for dollar Blueridge offers the best value…"
Profile Information
- Favorite Flatpickers
- Contemporary: David Grier, Bryan Sutton, Kenny Smith
Old School: Doc Watson, Clarence White,Tony Rice, Norman Blake
Other: Django Reinhardt
- Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
- Daley's Reel, Whiskey Before Breakfast, St Anne's Reel, Angeline the Baker
- Favorite Guitars
- Blueridge, Larrivee, Collings, Ryan
- Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
- Another starving flatpicker gone broke for playing all day instead of working :)
- Do you have a website?
- http://www.flatpickit.com
Louis Ruoti's Videos
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 10:21am on December 4, 2011,
Ken Chapple said… Hi Louis. I'd love to pick! I'm not sure if I'll be at Darrington this year. Our band didn't get booked because we're not Trad enough! However, if we don't have anything else booked, I would love to go!
Ken
- At 9:30pm on December 4, 2011,
Steve Alexander said… I've gone vegan and may look at gluten free as well. My daughter has gone that route - it seems to becoming acknowledged as a good health threat. Looking forward to picking with you sometime in 2012!
- At 5:45pm on December 8, 2011,
Perry Beckham said… Louis,
Good to hear from you, hope you're well.
Hoping to get down to the ANZA this winter.
Maybe see you there or at Wintergrass.
Best of the holiday season to you.
Perry
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Mike FlatPickingBuddy replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"I have a Guild Bluegrass D40 made in the original factory at Hoboken that has been with me since 1964
I also have a Martin D18 made sometime around 1994 and a 1977 or earlier Yamaha FG336SB"
Derek commented on Derek's videoRagtime Annie
"Thanks Mike. I have to prove to myself that I can play the material as written but once I've done that I start to allow myself some leeway to have fun and drop in my own bits. There's not too much space to do that in SK's version of…"
Mike FlatPickingBuddy commented on Derek's videoRagtime Annie
"Nice picking!! I learnt the self same version from Steve Kaufman but like me you put in a few extra bits. Looks like she has made you do your picking the garage teee heee"
Mike FlatPickingBuddy commented on Erik Sundström's video
Blackberry blossom
"That's nice guys! I like the slower tempo as well, thanks for taking the trouble to put it up."
Ragtime Annie
"Yay Derek! Smooth, lively, and chock full of feeling. If you had a goal with this project, I would say you've exceeded it handily. Will come back and listen simply because it's that enjoyable:)"
Kathy Barwick commented on Kathy Barwick's video
Angeline the Baker
"thanks guys! (blush). I had a FB request to play the tune "off the cuff" so I've done one... I'll post it here too."
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