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Acoustic Guitar Magazine #341

Acoustic Guitar No. 341 — July/August 2023 Special Focus: Celebrating Doc Watson Flatpicking ace Alan Barnosky takes a deep dive into the life and playing style of Doc Watson , an astonishing guitarist who practically invented bluegrass flatpicking and redefined the Travis-style approach to fingerpicking. Plus, a transcription of Watson’s fingerstyle tour de force “Doc’s Guitar” as well as a review of the new Watson tribute album I am a Pilgrim. In this issue’s feature section, we check in with Nickel Creek’s Sean Watkins , Sara Watkins , and Chris Thile , who discuss the making of Celebrants, the trio’s first new release in nearly a decade; and guitarist-composer-improviser Julian Lage , who reached for his Collings OM1 JL for half of the tracks on his recent Blue Note EP, The Layers . We also hear from John Oates , whose musical journey has taken him from the pinnacle of pop to the roots of American blues, country, rock, and R&B, and talk shop with revered archtop maker John Monteleone . Plus, Mark Small speaks with Benjamin Verdery , Andrew York , Stephen Robinson , and Raphaella Smits —all high-achieving guitarists—about the one thing all guitarists have in common: aging. In th

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