As you know, this blog, The Flatpick Post, emphasizes the flatpicking style of guitar playing. (Duh!) However, I love the sound of good acoustic, fingerpicked blues. About 25 years ago, when I lived in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, I had the privilege of playing in a gospel band with some fine (and talented) people. Robin O'Herin, one of the members of that group, is still cranking out some fine music. In fact, through the years, her skill has blossomed into a fullness of expression that is truly a feast to the ears.Robin, from Lee, Massachusetts, is an acoustic blues and gospel musician. She plays bottleneck and fingerstyle guitar and mountain dulcimer and her style includes "a hint of Appalachian mountain music." In schools, libraries, and small listening rooms, she performs concerts that are warm, historically rich, and often interactive. You can see and hear Robin at home, playing some great blues on her resonator guitar at:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DPOOTgUtqBk&feature=related
Growing up in the 1960's, Robin says she was probably the only kid in her neighborhood listening to such legendary blues artists as Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Bessie Smith, Blind Willie Johnson and Lightning Hopkins, among others, on her father's old 78's. Her mother liked folk music, especially Joan Baez and Pete Seeger, so Robin grew up with a well-rounded diet of blues, folk and gospel. Check out Robin's great CD's at:
The Road Home
Red, White and Blues
