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- From: bartley@spss.com (Dennis Bartley)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
- Subject: Re: Undisputed Masters
- Message-ID: <C01954.2I1@spss.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 18:10:16 GMT
- References: <1992Dec28.211753.965@oracorp.com>
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- mark@oracorp.com (Mark Bickford) writes:
- >
- >I was listening to a tape of Matt Malloy in my car the other day,
- >and was overwhelmed as usual. I started wondering how many other
- >musicians could be as universally respected as the master of
- >his/her instrument in his/her musical genre as Matt Malloy is
- >for Irish music on the flute. I thought this question might make
- >a good topic for more lists (which we seem to love).
- >
- >Here's what I thought of as I was driving:
- >
- >Matt Malloy Irish flute
- >Noel Hill Irish Anglo-Concertina
- >Kenny Baker Bluegrass Fiddle
- >Clifton Chenier Zydeco Piano-Accordion
- >Alisdair Frazier (sp?) Scottish Fiddle
- >Mary Bergin Irish Tin Whistle
- >
- >I might pick: Liz Carroll Irish Fiddle
- >but does she really qualify?
-
- Absolutely. I'de add Martin Hayes and Kevin Burke to Irish fiddle.
-
- How 'bout Doc Watson for flat-picked guitar?
-
- Malcolm Dalglish for Hammered Dulcimer?
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- Jimmy Keane for Irish piano-accordion.
-
- Derek Bell perhaps for Irish Harp.
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- Chet Atkins for many differnt styles on guitar?
-