Older beginning guitar player

[Flashmann]

43. Don't think of flat picking as the domain of dumb hillbillies.

I don't...I don't recall saying anything even close to that,here or anywhere else.I don't despise bluegrass,where it sends me screaming and running from the room or diving for the channel change knob,like say,cRap or contemporary C&W does.While I can recognize and appreciate the musicianship,in bluegrass,it simply isn't my "cup of tea." Call me a snob,but I want to learn to play what I like to listen to.Chiefly,Basic simple Rock,in the vein of Buddy Holly,Chuck Berry,Roy Orbison,et al,and Blues,mostly to the exclusion of the acoustic stuff.I don't have an acoustic guitar and have no plans or desire to obtain one,at this point.

I've been to Bluegrass festivals and had a blast,though admittedly,each time I went was more for the party atmosphere than for the music,the last two being private affairs just outside of Paonia,Colorado in '09 and '10.Where those were was very near Joe Cockers ranch and the possiblity of his attendance was an attraction,though if he made it I never saw him...Or I didn't recognize him.The people that were there,were decidedly NOT hillbillies by any stretch.If anything it was much more of a "hippiefied" feel.