Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 29 Apr 2014 10:35 am |
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Good to see an article in Rolling Stone on Guthrie - he has become over the past several years one of my favorite guitarists - just brilliant.
Love his solo album, all instrumental, great stuff. Not real chicken pickin' country all the way through if that's what one expects. Some jazz, rock, funk.
http://www.guthrietrapp.com/
Short article, and I know they can't get it all in there, but they left out a very important part of Guthrie's maturing as a musician and it is germane to the Forum because of the band leader: Guthrie played acoustic and electric guitar along with some mandolin with the Jerry Douglas Band for about four years. I saw that edition of the band live three or four times. Just fantastic!
A couple years back Guthrie formed 18 South with Jon Randall, his wife Jessi Alexander, et al. I'm still waiting for a CD from this group. And they've been out here in my neck of the woods a few times but I haven't been able to see them live. They've done a couple of very expensive dinner shows in a high dollar winery cave in Napa Valley along with a private party in the area for some big bucks dude. I've been bugging Guthrie to bring the band back out from Nashville and play a venue where regular folks don't have to sell a body part to gain admission.
Also not mentioned in the article, Guthrie has been playing with one of the best young singers of real, actual country music today - Ashley Monroe - they were in Southern California last weekend at the Coachella festival.
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Tom Keller
From:
Greeneville, TN, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2014 7:48 pm
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I agree with Mark! First encountered Guthrie with the Jerry Douglas Band and have been amazed by his musicianship ever since. By the way, Ashley Monroe is a Knoxville, TN girl. 
Tom |
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