The Three Greatest Pickers
There is quite a bit of conversation and contention with reference to this query. There are a good number of names both old and present that could be mentioned. Under no circumstances do I wish any disregard to those not included in this short list of Remarkable Pickers. Probably there will possibly be many people that warrant incorporation in this quintessential list but it can seldom be considered that these three should be unseen. The only name that pretty much all Acoustic guitar picking enthusiast will acquiesce with is Doc Watson. Doc is a master flat-picker and a finger-picker whose strengths are renowned. Doc is maybe one of the most dynamic acoustic guitar pickers in folk and conventional bluegrass music since the 1960's.
Ricky Scaggs, Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs played as the Three Pickers in a North Carolina Gig for PBS. Doc and Earl are both from North Carolina and are only a year apart in age. In the gig Doc played the Acoustic Guitar, Earl Scruggs anchored the banjo and Ricky Scaggs complimented the audio with the mandolin. Allison Krauss joined in on the fiddle on a couple numbers too.
Clarence White whose Acoustic Guitar popularity came with the Kentucky Colonels. Clarence would later get to mentioned fame with the Byrds but still preserved his beginnings singing the bluegrass gospel standard "Farther Along" on the Byrds finishing album of the same name. Disastrously, Clarence White's life was cut short July 15, 1973 when he was struck by a intoxicated driver.
It would be incredible to derive a list of fantastic pickers and not also include Tony Rice. Tony has deservingly been referred to as "the greatest innovator in acoustic flat-picked guitar since Clarence White." His pressure in acoustic guitar music spans the range of pure bluegrass to acoustic jazz music even to folk. Tony was drastically influenced by both Clarence White and Doc Watson. Rounder Records said that "Tony was the first instrumentalist to seize upon the innovations of guitarists like Clarence White and Doc Watson and propel them into new flights of rhythmic, harmonic and textural virtuosity."
The feats and awards of Doc, Clarence and Tony are numerous and give authority to their inclusion in this list of the top three greatest guitar pickers of all time. When you think of the Acoustic Guitar the one name that manipulates them all is Doc Watson. Because of his days with the Byrds Clarence White may not immediately come to thoughts but in his younger years with the Kentucky Colonels Clarence forever paved his name as one of the main pickers. Being propelled by both Doc and Clarence and thinking about taking his talents and successes Tony Rice is well deserving of inclusion in this list of the three very best acoustic guitar player.
Ricky Scaggs, Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs played as the Three Pickers in a North Carolina Gig for PBS. Doc and Earl are both from North Carolina and are only a year apart in age. In the gig Doc played the Acoustic Guitar, Earl Scruggs anchored the banjo and Ricky Scaggs complimented the audio with the mandolin. Allison Krauss joined in on the fiddle on a couple numbers too.
Clarence White whose Acoustic Guitar popularity came with the Kentucky Colonels. Clarence would later get to mentioned fame with the Byrds but still preserved his beginnings singing the bluegrass gospel standard "Farther Along" on the Byrds finishing album of the same name. Disastrously, Clarence White's life was cut short July 15, 1973 when he was struck by a intoxicated driver.
It would be incredible to derive a list of fantastic pickers and not also include Tony Rice. Tony has deservingly been referred to as "the greatest innovator in acoustic flat-picked guitar since Clarence White." His pressure in acoustic guitar music spans the range of pure bluegrass to acoustic jazz music even to folk. Tony was drastically influenced by both Clarence White and Doc Watson. Rounder Records said that "Tony was the first instrumentalist to seize upon the innovations of guitarists like Clarence White and Doc Watson and propel them into new flights of rhythmic, harmonic and textural virtuosity."
The feats and awards of Doc, Clarence and Tony are numerous and give authority to their inclusion in this list of the top three greatest guitar pickers of all time. When you think of the Acoustic Guitar the one name that manipulates them all is Doc Watson. Because of his days with the Byrds Clarence White may not immediately come to thoughts but in his younger years with the Kentucky Colonels Clarence forever paved his name as one of the main pickers. Being propelled by both Doc and Clarence and thinking about taking his talents and successes Tony Rice is well deserving of inclusion in this list of the three very best acoustic guitar player.
