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bradpdx · May 15th, 2008, 02:12 PM

+1 on the Travis picking. Every guitar player in the 1950s knew Chet Atkins and Merle Travis, and that is what they learned and used.

Well worth doing, and it gets you away from the later rock styles (1960s and onward). If you really want to play rockabilly well, pretend that Beck/Page/Clapton/Hendrix never happened.

Ditto for a lot of swing and older country - leave the post-rockabilly rock out of it, it is a very poor mix IMHO. Save the rock for other gigs.

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bradpdx Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portland, OR Age: 50 Posts: 672	+1 on the Travis picking. Every guitar player in the 1950s knew Chet Atkins and Merle Travis, and that is what they learned and used. Well worth doing, and it gets you away from the later rock styles (1960s and onward). If you really want to play rockabilly well, pretend that Beck/Page/Clapton/Hendrix never happened. Ditto for a lot of swing and older country - leave the post-rockabilly rock out of it, it is a very poor mix IMHO. Save the rock for other gigs. __________________ ---------- Tech Geek and Sensitive Artiste String bender ordinare!