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Hello, I just
downloaded  the
video today. To
say  this is
AWESOME  would
be an  
understatement.

Love the way the
licks  are broken
down and  explained
in detail.

Hope you sell a
million  copies!

Jimmy B.



Hi Doug,

Wow, what
customer service!!

(By the way, very
happy  with it)
Could y’all let me  
know when you
release  another
one?

I'll also keep
checking  the
website from time
to  time as well.

Thanks,

A Happy Customer

~Nashville



I love it! Please give
me  more of this! I'll
be  back for sure.

Thanks!



Doug, You are  
everything I wish I
could  get to
musically.

Thank you for
sharing  your talents.


Sincerely, Dan



Hi, love the video!  
Thanks for helping
in  learning
when/where  to
use these great

licks when
jamming with my
friends.

Thanks for the
great  stuff!

Doug W.



Hello Doug... You
are one  awesome
guitar player.

Just received the
video  and it is
great.

Can't wait for the  
next one.

Have a good one
and  keep the videos
coming.

Harry M.



Doug…

I seen you at
Chubby  Howards
last Steel Guitar  
show and know first
hand  that

you are the real
deal.  Great
picking and  even
greater tone!!  Will
be waiting  for the  
DVD to arrive.

Gary



Hi Doug,

I’m not joking, you
are a  TOP LEAGUE
player.

Fantastic work...
you  should be up
there  challenging
people  like Brent
Mason  and
company.

Top stuff!! What is
it with  you Ohio
pickers? Isn’t  Brent
Mason from those  
parts too???

Anyway, you have
to try  and get
yourself  recognized
one way or  
another, so good
luck.

Regards,

Pat
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This is how I got into all of this....

Here’s my Chicken Pickin’ “testimony”.  

I started playing guitar when I was about 7 years old. I would watch my dad play and it  looked so easy and enjoyable. I would get
this unruly urge to play when he left the room. I  always imagined myself playing guitar like my dad even though I couldn't.
Eventually, he started showing me how he was playing those licks. He taught me the  basics, a few songs, chords, some cool licks,
how to hold the pick, basic forms etc, and he  wanted me to learn myself and to develop my own style, not to sound like anybody
else....

As the years went by, I hit my teens, playing nothing but Metallica songs and anything else  grungy, distorted, and loud! By the time I
was thirteen, I knew every Metallica song verbatim.

Being raised in a Traditional Country family, I heard country music all the time around my  parents and family. Also, my dad had a
successful country band here in Columbus Ohio  called “Johnny Lee & the Outcasts”. I was surrounded with musicians, which I
think is vital to  being a good musician.

I was riding in the car with my mother and got to listening to a Ricky Skaggs tape.
I’ll never forget it! I will be forever changed since hearing those sounds.
I tore through the insert to see who was doing that to me. Who is making me want to finally  learn the Guitar? Who is that, making
me want to throw away my metal music and really  learn something??
He would be one of the first among many influences, the one and only, Albert Lee.
WOW! I never was moved like that with Metallica. It was a musical emotion I hadn’t felt before.

I was on a quest to find as many players as I could that played guitar like that (chicken  Pickin’). Well, back then, it wasn’t as easy to
find guitarists that did that. Or, so I thought…
I  had my mom take me to the store to buy every Ricky Skaggs tape I could get.
There it was again, accept this time it was somebody else.
And the coolest thing about it was I could tell it wasn’t the last guy on the last tape.
They didn’t “sound” the same but they played the same style if that makes any sense.
This new inspiration was another one and only, Ray Flacke. He has a totally different  technique and approach, but the same
desirable flavor and note combinations.
I was extremely hooked.

I thank God that he blessed me with a perfect pitch and the ability to hear a note or a song  and instantly know it! My family didn’t have
enough money to hire a guitar teacher. Not to  mention, there wasn’t any teachers around that could play that style any way.
I started listening and learning every lick I could. I must have worn out 5 cassette players  with  that damn rewind button.  

I finally started “finding myself” as an individual guitar player with an individual style.  
I was so addicted; I wouldn’t leave my room for hours and days sometimes, I had no other   interests but perfecting that style on my
instrument.

Years went by, I found many other guitarists and had many other “revelations” and was  getting better & better all the time.
Yes, here we go again. I first heard Brent Mason on yet another Skaggs CD.
I was happy enough that tapes were finally out of my life, but I was completely blown away  over Brent Mason! I thought I had heard it
all and was freaked out enough.
He took my musical pain and addiction to the next level. “Back to the room” I said.

But this time was different. I wanted to know how this cat was thinking. Not just the licks he  plays with total perfection, but the
thinking style, more so than the technique. He has been  one of the top 3 inspirations to me as a guitar player.
I have studied all of these guitar players for years and have developed a very satisfying style  of  my own. I have a favorite guitar
player list that is very different and open-minded.

I first heard of Danny Gatton from a drummer friend of mine Greg Mangum. Danny Gatton  has probably had more of an influence
over my musical thinking and playing than anyone  else!
I feel as though I knew him. I could never get enough of Danny Gatton. I could listen to him all  day and he wouldn’t repeat a lick!! He
moved me musically.

I asked my friend Greg where I could get some more CDs of Danny and maybe find out  where he was playing so that I could meet
him.
That’s when I heard the news. Greg told me what had happened to Gatton and I was floored!  I actually cried because I felt like he
was a close friend. That’s how much
attention I paid to Gatton. I could fill this page with homage to Danny Gatton.

I was introduced to a wonderful guitar player by the name of Johnny Hiland a couple  years ago by a great friend of mine Keith
Driver. If you’ve never heard Hiland play, you’re  missing out on a Gatton-like experience! Johnny seems to have ALL of these
chicken pickin  players woven into a dynamic style of his own. I think his major influence had to be Danny  Gatton. I had the pleasure
of speaking with Hiland on the phone a few weeks ago and he is  one of the nicest, humblest guitar players I’ve ever met. I know
what you’re thinking, “a guitar  player that’s humble”! Yes, I mean it.

No matter what style of guitar you play, if you have any musical integrity, you will buy some  CDs and videos of these incredible
Guitarists. I have searched and found that country guitar  players have more soul and talent than any other form of guitar playing.
I love rock, metal, and I certainly love jazz playing but chicken pickin is where my heart is.

If you’ve made it this far, thank you so much for taking the time to read this.
Please bookmark this site and check in often. I will be adding new learning material and  articles for you. I want this website to have
something for everyone and for every guitar  influence!
Here's Some Links To Some Of My Favorite Players. Check Em' Out!
Johnny Hiland

I spoke with Johnny on the phone a few  weeks ago.
He is not only a superb talent, he's one of   the nicest
guys you'll ever meet!

P.S. He asked me to come jam with him  sometime.
Na na nabu bu!
Johnny's lightening fast licks pave the road  for what is
bound to be a guitar classic.
Brent mason

THE most renowned guitar player in  
Nashville.
He is the main lead guitarist on 97% of ALL
 the music that comes out of Nashville.
Also a major inspiration to me as a Country  
Guitar Player.
Steve Vai

I have no words for this guy. He's always
changing the way I look at my instrument
Danny Gatton

Danny Gatton was one of the greatest  
guitarists of all time.

Before his shocking and tragic suicide in  
1994, this fact was well-known only to an  
informed contingent of musicians and  
music devotees.

He has got to be my all-time favorite!
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