This is like a catalog of the bluegrass section of my record collection.

Okay, one more...

Peter Rowan & Tony Rice, Quartet. No banjo. Nice harmonies and some amazing picking.

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Originally posted by Jim S:
Bela Fleck

You might give a listen to the Dreadful Snakes - Snakes Alive.

Skin these pilgrim and I'll get you another.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcsXC2xFis4

Not sure about his albums but if you Utube Chris Morton, Chris is a UK flatpicker of some renown and he has about 1/2 dozen good videos up with his own special brand of flatpicked melody - very English bluegrass.

I gigged for about 10 years with a bluegrass banjo player called Ian Sharp who has some of his banjo playing on UTube check out his version of John Hardy - (this might be what you are trying to avoid Jim? - but I loved it when I was playing it)

I'll also second the Tony Rice and Peter Rowen album - great stuff and some lovely mandolin also.

There was a package from Amazon waiting for me when I got home yesterday. I've Got The House To Myself was the first of the group to arrive. Listened to it twice through and now it's playing through these cheesy computer speakers at work. Great recommendation!

Jim, just a warning, don't try to play Sally Gooden yourself at that speed. When mere mortals attempt it, there are at least two reported instances of fretboards igniting and fingers exploding Seriously though, I don't have a clue how David can play that fast, that accurately, for that long, with that intensity. Mindboggling.

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Originally posted by Doc Holiday:
Eric....that was Jim Hurst tearing it up on the guitar with Claire Lynch.

Sure enough...here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVneff34OMA

Jim is a monster picker, in various styles, who doesn't seem to get many accolades.

I want to express my sincere thanks to everyone for their recommendations. The remainder of the CD's arrived yesterday (except for Clarence White's 33 Guitar Instrumentals which is due in mid-August when it releases). All I can say is: Head-spinning overload! So many great artists, so much mind-blowing musicianship and technique.

I will be following up on the rest of your recommendations later, but for now The Newbie's Introduction to Bluegrass Guitar Collection (With Little or No Banjo) is as follows:

• Bela Fleck - Drive
• Bryan Sutton - Bluegrass Guitar
• Bryan Sutton - Not Too Far From The Tree
• Bryan Sutton - Ready To Go
• Dale Adkins - Alone in the Red Room
• David Grier - I've Got the House to Myself
• David Grier - Lone Soldier
• The David Grisman Quintet - The David Grisman Quintet
• Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg & Edgar Meyer - Skip, Hop & Wobble
• Mike Compton & David Grier - Climbing the Walls
• Norman Blake - Whiskey Before Breakfast
• Russ Barenberg - When At Last
• Sandy Rothman and Steve Pottier - Bluegrass Guitar Duets
• Tony Rice and John Carlini - River Suite for Two Guitars
• The Tony Rice Unit - Unit of Measure
  

Wow. Thanks.

You are welcome, Jim. Now you just need to order a good guitar on which to play all the things you learn .

B

Looks like a great list..dont forget Manzanita! That is the cd that brought me to bluegrass. It was over after that..

So Jim, how are you liking your new CD collection?

I'm curious to hear your report on River Suite For Two Guitars. I think that cd is a must for any acoustic player/fan.