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- Favorite Flatpickers
- Clarence, Tony, Doc, David Grier, Brad Davis, Mark Cosgrove, Brian Sutton, Tim May, and all the cats that attend Kaufman's Kamp each year!
- Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
- Long list, but here are a few; Dixie Hoedown, Temperance Reel, Blackberry, Texas Gales, Back Up & Push, Beaumont Rag, Angeline the Baker...
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- 1959 Martin D18 & 2003 Santa Cruz TR Model
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- Mike Gurzi is a guitarist from Los Angeles with ties to Bozeman, Montana. He has been playing guitar for 35 years. His styles range from flatpicking fiddle tunes, traditional bluegrass, jazz and swing. Mike has a formal collegiate music education as well as a Master Certificate in Guitar from Berklee College of Music. Over the past several years, Mike has attended numerous clinics, workshops, and camps where he has developed his own passion for teaching and sharing his musical talents.
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Every Tuesday night, near L.B. Airport (see link), we have a get together of some local Bluegrass and Flatpickin' players of all instruments and levels. Some folks just come to listen and socialize.
Every Tuesday night, near L.B. Airport (see link), we have a get together of some local Bluegrass and Flatpickin' players of all instruments and levels. Some folks just come to listen and socialize.
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Marc Schlotthauer replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"My gear is much better than my skill - for straight flatpickin', I play a Martin D-18 Authentic 1937. My go-to guitar for just about everything else (and it flatpicks just fine, thank you) is my Huss & Dalton D-RH with a Red Spruce top.…"
Derek commented on Derek's video
Ragtime Annie
"Hey Craig. Thanks for the kind comment. The credit for this version should really go To Steve Kaufman who's arrangement it is. Good luck with your bluegrass studies, it's wonderful music and great fun to play. I look forward to…"
Craig commented on Derek's videoRagtime Annie
"Derek: Mike above is teaching me blue grass and showed me this site. Fantastic rendition by you of this great song. Thanks for sharing. I'm off to Mike's to practice!!!!"
Clyde J.Ortego replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"I play a Silvertone Acoustic from back in the Sixties."
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"
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My debut CD "Movin' On" is now available on FGM Records. If you like a nice mix of Bluegrass, Fiddle Tunes, Swing/Jazz and Old Time, then visit the mercantile page and pick up a copy. It will be available in iTunes soon. You can also visit my website to order.
The tune WIlliamson County (above) is the 2nd track on the CD.....
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