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Originally Posted by Charmed Life Picks
I had completely forgotten myself. It's long, but when and if you have the time time, read that article I attached from MC. It's every single one of our current greatest mando players, and they all say the same thing -- the first time they heard Jethro's playing, he was so advanced they didn't even know what he was doing.
Also, if you don't know about these guys (I assume you probably do), the closest players you would want to listen to would be Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grappelli (sp?). They were about thirty years before Jethro, but are considered the first jazz guitar and fiddle players.
I love this stuff. Hope you do too.
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Django was only 10 years older than Jethro, but of course Django died at a very young age.
Here's Jethro, with Homer, and bassist Anita Carter backing up Chet Atkins in 1949. It demonstrates very clearly the grasp they all had on jazz, but Jethro is over the top already at the age of 29!
Enjoy!
Howard Emerson