What 5 Fingerstyle Guitar Cd Are Must Haves?

[saintandsinnerguy]

I am trying to build a good CD library of great acoustic guitar players.  What is your top choices?  Thanks

[Randy_R]

Chet Atkins
Tommy Emmanuel
Peter Huttlinger
Leo Kottke
Bill Mize

various from these artists

[dbirchett]

I asked a similar question in a previous thread. You might want to check out the answers I got. I now have many of these and they are great. Was listening to "Only" by TE on the way to work. Blows me away!  :o

http://www.larriveeforum.com/forums/index....t=ST&f=4&t=1166

[saintandsinnerguy]

Thanks for the thread reference......very good stuff there.

[GIGGLER]

Steve Howe - Not Necessarily Acoustic ain't too bad. It's live.

[booinec]

Various by:

Tommy Emmanuel
Doyle Dykes
Chet Atkins
Collected works of Mississippi John Hurt
Any Winfield winner

[GIGGLER]

Various by:

Tommy Emmanuel
Doyle Dykes
Chet Atkins
Collected works of Mississippi John Hurt
Any Winfield winner

Right....I echo the Winfield winners.....Like Michael Chapdelaine, Stephen King, Tim Sparks.  ;)  

[thomgs1]

Well, Doc Watkins for bluegrass.  Leo Kottke's "Shout Toward Noon."  Michael Hedges "Breakfast in the Field."  Christopher Parkening is one of the top classical guitarists in the world:  he's got a CD called "Simple Gifts", which are hymns and religious folk music, and it's excellent.

John Fahey is an eccentric pick but great tone and phrasing.  Joe Pass and Pat Metheny on the jazz front.  Ralph Towner is neat, but sometimes hard to listen to.  The Steve Howe pick is nice, though his taste is not everyone's and he is a horribly bad singer.  Gordon Lightfoot's "Gord's Gold" is terrific, a wonderful acoustic group.  Jethro Tull's "Stand Up" album, John Renbourn, or Ian Anderson's "Secret Life of Birds" if you like English-based folk.