Saturday Guitar
One of the prettiest guitar pieces ever written played by a country boy from Tennessee.
Tremolo is not very easy to play. God knows I’ve tried. When Chet was learning guitar he played different from most pickers. Most country/bluegrass guitar finger pickers just used the thumb and first two fingers. Chet added the ring finger (which classical guitarists use) ’cause that was the only way he could duplicate the sound he heard on the radio. The same thing happened to me when I was learning guitar. That’s the way I thought folk guitarists played. That helped me when I learned some of the Bach pieces I play. Of course, Chet’s good. I suck. Back in my 20’s I was actually pretty good. My guitar playing got me laid a few times. But I practiced at least two hours a day back then. Now, if I play thirty minutes a day it’s unusual. I’ve forgotten a lot of songs I used to play and sing. I wish I could play and sing (even with my rotten voice) for Claudia like I could back then. I could go for three hours without repeating a song. One of my friends was astounded by my memory. I told him it was poetry. That’s easy to remember. Think of Homer.