[todeen]

First, I'm adding a couple videos for you to enjoy to appreciate the instruments, not necessarily the guitars. Sorry it goes off track. This has been a great thread.

I listen almost solely to country music. I have heard with the passing of Glen Campbell, Vince Gill now holds the mantle of greatest country guitar player. Here is Chet Atkins requesting Gill play OKLAHOMA BORDERLINE. Guitar solo starts at 5:20.

https://youtu.be/Stv3ugVFZD8

Chris Stapleton (mentioned earlier with JT....I didn't know JT could play an instrument!) might compete with Eric Church as the best modern/mainstream country musician IMO who could fall under neo-country. Both Church and Stapleton could be outlaw country as well. There is a branch called bro-country and it makes me gag; Church has many bro-country friends. Lainey Wilson, mentioned earlier, is not played on my country station because she is considered too Pop (listeners are surveyed for likes and dislikes and she has not made the cut). Morgan Wallen also is never played.

Since you brought up Roy Clark and Hee Haw, you must watch ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL. My wife plays the viola and she said what Clark does on the fiddle is fantastic.

https://youtu.be/zPmapd7htio

Another country / western musician is Michael Martin Murphy. His most famous song is WILDFIRE, but the instrument solos on CAROLINA IN THE PINES will bring a smile to your face. He started long ago in California with the Eagles and Jackson Browne. Murphy is considered a living legend in Western style music (not the same as country music).

https://youtu.be/c3J1J61VsYM

Finally, if you are from Tennessee, I salute you with ROCKY TOP. This is some fine picking from the Osborne Brothers.

https://youtu.be/_n9prNixjbg

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