Flatpickers: Tim Stafford, Lincoln Meyers, Kenny Smith, David Grier, Scott Nygaard, Tony Rice, Clarence White, Eric Uglum, Dave Yates, Ron Block, Russ Barenberg, Steve Watt (thanks Dad!), etc., and my contemporaries: Adam Wright, Avril Smith, Flynn Cohen, Andy Falco, Justin Carbone, Tim Hicks, Jamey Pittman, Jason Kenney, and many more.
Non-Musical: Daniel Quinn (Ishmael, Story of B, etc.)
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"Tony has the best picking parties!" - Bluegrass Now Magazine (June 2007)
Award-winning flatpicking guitarist Tony
Watt has performed at bluegrass festivals throughout the United
States and Europe, on the Grand Ole Opry, and elsewhere. He has been
featured in Bluegrass Now Magazine and
Flatpicking
Guitar Magazine, and toured and recorded with Nashville-based Cages Bend,
east Tennessee-based Meridian, and most recently with Rounder Recording
artist Alecia
Nugent. Tony currently performs with his band, Southeast Expressway, and with Leigh Gibson,
guitarist for The Gibson Brothers. He has taught privately for
over 10 years, and now teaches courses in bluegrass rhythm and lead
guitar for the Boston Bluegrass Union’s Bluegrass
Academy. He has also taught guitar workshops and Kids' Academies
at bluegrass festivals including Grey Fox,
Thomas
Point Beach, Joe Val, and many more. Tony teaches guitar and
mandolin lessons in Albany, NY, Cambridge, MA, and points in-between.
hey man...great picking last night! I didn't know you were from Schenectady. I played eight step a few weeks ago...would have loved to jam out. Oh well...next time.
.. Hey Tony! Thanks for the add. We miss you! we must pick soon. Maybe in July when we'll be up in your neck of the woods. Stay healthy and safe! We'll see you down the road! Your friends, Grace, Ashleigh, Matt, and Coop
Thanks for the request! I hope you had a safe trip back to US.. I'm sorry I had to left so early from the jam, but next time I promise to stay and play the whole night.. :)
Tony, Thanks for helping me this summer at Jenny Brook & Grey Fox Kids Academies. I had a great time and learned alot. Mom and dad say hello. Dorothy Jane Siver.
Thank you so much for the request! I see that you're going to play in Stockholm.. :) I'm sorry to say we're leaving Nashville the 7:th, but I hope the show will be great..