This time out, we complete our two-part celebration of fingerstyle guitar, drawing inspiration from Craft Records’ new collection “The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose,” featuring guitar and banjo from some great “American Primitive” guitarists and banjo players. We’ll listen to John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Doc Watson, Davey Graham and many more. It’s more great fingerstyle guitar playing … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways
John Fahey / “Night Train to Valhalla” / The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose / Craft
Simon & Garfunkel / “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her” / Live From New York City, 1967 /
              Columbia
Tom Rush / “Rockport Sunday” / The Circle Game / Elektra
Joni Mitchell / “That Song About the Midway” / Clouds / Reprise
Doc Watson / “Windy and Warm” / Southbound / Vanguard

Bert Jansch & John Renbourn / “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” / Stepping Stones / Vanguard
Nic Jones / “Planxty Davis” / Penguin Eggs / Topic
Joan Shelley / “Brighter Than the Blues” / Over and Even / No Quarter
Peter Walker / “April in Cambridge” / The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose / Craft

Glenn Jones / “My Charlotte Blue Notebook” / The Wanting / Thrill Jockey
Leo Kottke / “Louise” / Greenhouse / One Way
Hot Tuna / “Water Song” / The Very Best of Hot Tuna / RCA Legacy

Davey Graham / “Prelude From the Suite In D Minor” / The Complete Guitarist / Stephan
              Grossman’s Guitar Workshop
Steve Dawson / “Hale Road Revelation” / Lucky Hand / Black Hen
John Hartford / “Presbyterian Guitar” / Aereo-Plain / Rounder
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
              Smithsonian Folkways