Thought Quotient

If you do (or if you’re not sure, keep reading, you may like it)…check out the new page we just added for Julian Smith. He plays thumbstyle guitar in the style of Chet Atkins and Merle Travis. It’s a pseudo-classical style that uses a thumbpick…and it’s versatile - you’re likely to see thumbpickers playing an electric, classical, or steel string acoustic guitar. That playing style lends itself to very rich arrangements as you will hear on the song samples.

Our Julian Smith page

Also, while you’re there, check out the link from his page to Rick Allred. He plays a very similar style and is an excellent player!

Rev. Jackson Prays With Schiavo’s Family

It was encouraging today to see Jesse Jackson making the statements he did. This is not a political issue and he wisely made a point to stress that…

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