Winfield Winners

This book is incredible. I've only started flatpicking and can only hope to come to some of these guys levels. My favorties in the book are from Mark OConnor, Jason Shaw, and John Shaw. I don't think I'll ever be able to get some of the "floating" Bill Cheatum parts but it's definitely worth checking out.

This book is almost worth it for the CD alone. I've listened to it many many times in my car. Oh yeah, and a great book comes with it! ;-) Lots of great bios along with the music in standard notation and tablature. Nola (Muriel Anderson) and the Star Island Jig (Harvey Reid) are my favorites, and the only two I've spent time learning so far. Harvey uses a partial capo on this - available from Shub, or from Third Hand Capo. Buster Jones is amazing, but I can't even imagine playing like that. Chris Proctor, John Miller, oh, and Tim Sparks "Dance of the Sugar Plumb Faries". Lots of great stuff in this! The only reason I say 4 instead of 5 stars is these folks are top of the line, so some of it is beyond my ability.