This time around we share more fine finger-style music, with great players including Doc Watson, John Fahey, and Leo Kottke. We’ll also present some songs that use fine guitar playing to frame classic lyrics. Listen for lots more examples of fingers moving with grace and rhythm … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist/”Song”/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