
WoodSongs: Tom Bresh/ Eddie Pennington
THOM BRESH is the son of Merle Travis and a world-class guitar master in his own right. Bresh did not begin his music career until his adult years. From age 3 to age 17, he worked as an actor and one of the youngest stuntman in TV and movies, where such programs as The Lone Ranger and the Billy the Kidd trilogy were filmed. Ever since he was old enough to hold a guitar pick, he’s followed the unique fingerpicking style his father made famous, bringing it to new audiences. Travis’ trademark style incorporated elements of ragtime, blues, boogie, and Western swing, and was marked by rich chord progressions, harmonics, slides, and bends, with rapid changes in key.
EDDIE PENNINGTON is one of the true guitar legends from Kentucky in the same tradition popularized by Merle Travis and Chet Atkins. This music had a common source in Mose Rager, a guitarist from Kentucky that inspired a young Merle Travis.
PARKER HASTINGS is only 15 years old and already one of Kentucky’s premier thumb-picking champions in the tradition of Merle Travis, Eddie Pennington and Tommy Emmanuel. Picking up the guitar since he was 6, he was the youngest person to win Grand Champion, winning both traditional and contemporary categories. and most recently was awarded the 2015 NTHF “Thumbpicker of the Year.”
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