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“I Saw The Light” is one of the most popular gospel songs ever written, but relatively few among us know who wrote it.
Turns out is was none other than Country Music legend Hank Williams, Sr.
Yes, that Hank Williams.
Tommy Emmanuel is probably the best guitar player that most folks have never heard of.
He started playing guitar in his native Australia as a youngster after hearing the late, great Chet Atkins work his instrumental magic over the radio, and he has never looked back since.
What sets Tommy apart from the world’s other great musicians are his obviously deep love of performing and his almost unique ability to make a single acoustic guitar sound like an entire band. [Read more…]
If you remember the late, great Jerry Reed you probably remember him as a popular Country Music artist, actor and comedian.
But did you know he was also a master guitarist and award-winning songwriter?
This multi-talented performer wrote and performed one of the most popular guitar instrumentals ever written.
Regular readers know I always feature a video at the end of every post I publish on this blog.
Some of those videos are inspirational and some are (hopefully) educational.
But every now and then I love posting one just because it’s fun to watch.
Ricky Skaggs is best known a successful Country music performer, but like many Country greats he actually got his start in the Bluegrass genre.
And like most of those Bluegrass-turned-Country stars, he first began making great music at a very young age.
I was checking out some videos on YouTube last night and stumbled across this gem featuring a 7 year old Ricky showing off his musical chops with none other than Bluegrass legends Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.