- Winner, National Thumbpick Guitar Contest, Mountain View, Ark., 2012 (Third place in 2011)
- Thumbpick Guitar Champion, Indiana State Picking and Fiddling Championships, 2010
- Family-friendly repertoire, suitable for a variety of venues
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Thumbpicking Jam at Mountain View
It was the third weekend in May, and so I was back at the Ozark Folk Center for Thumbpicking Weekend. Jam sessions with the weekend’s featured artists are all part of the fun.
I can’t tell you how much fun it was to pick and sing Shanty in Old Shanty Town and I Am a Pilgrim with these fine folks.
At Saturday’s jam, I met a 12-year-old picker who I think will make a name for himself some day.
DisciplesNet
My music is regularly featured in worship services of DisciplesNet Church. DisciplesNet is an online congregation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a church on the internet highway with walls as wide as the world and doors that never close.
Wish I was in some of those places where all the music is played. I am on the Marylands Eastern Shore. Very few stars come here and most of them I don’t bother to see. The last three I saw here were Joe and Rose Lee, Hank Thompson, Sonny James, and Merle Travis. I guess I’m just not up on this new stuff where the men sing like girls and most of the time you can’t understand the words. Never had that problem with the Old Timers like E. Tubb, Lefty F, Hank Snow, Jim Reeves, etc. Their voices were clear with each word. What the heck have we got now???
Also I have enjoyed hearing some of your music. I quit the Honky Tonks in the 1980s and sat in with a few Gospel Groups.
Thanks, Mr. Whitt. It makes me glad to know you’re enjoying some of the tunes I’ve posted.